Miramonti
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Perhaps because no one is this small-minded. That and I'd have to assume its not actually illegal to run a tape recorder when talking to someone.
Perhaps because no one is this small-minded. That and I'd have to assume its not actually illegal to run a tape recorder when talking to someone.
She needs get together for lunch with Jerry Sandusky's wife to talk about how their husbands are the real victims."California's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. California makes it a crime to record or eavesdrop on any confidential communication, including a private conversation or telephone call, without the consent of all parties to the conversation." http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/california-recording-law
The petty small minded people are those who think someone's opinion on race is worse than an actual crime.
The liberal media would certainly be concerned with the legality of it, if it were a Democrat who's phone conversation was illegally recorded. Maybe you've hear of a little thing called Watergate? The media in that case didn't care what the conversation was, just that it was illegally recorded.
Meghan54
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First, the CA law only applies if both parties are in CA. If one party was in, say Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, then only one party has to consent. So, the question is where was she when the call was made?
And, while it may have been an illegal taping and release, it still doesn't blur the fact that Sterling is an absolute racist.
And I still don't understand what the Watergate situation has to do with any of this as the two situations are completely different. One is a gf recording an argument with her bf, while the other was a sitting President authorizing a break in and attempted wiretapping/bugging of the opposing political party's headquarters during an election. And while it's true both situations would have resulted in illegally obtained and recorded conversations, that fact (the potential recordings of the DNC's headquarters) was far from the central issue of that (the Watergate break in).
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As pointed out, the circumstances matter as to whether the recording was illegal or not, but that's not the take-away here.
No one cares about the legality of Sterling's "non-thought crime." The whole point here is that he's a rich, connected, dyed in the wool racist asshole concerned with what his other, rich, connected racist asshole buddies will think.
It's a window into the downside of our still not completely non-post racist society, and who the reptilian Sterling is like as a human being.
It's a clue for all you who wish to pretend otherwise as to why blacks may still feel that things like there not being enough polling booths in their districts is not some benign accident or oversight in our post racial utopia.
It's a further clue as to why the stubborn and spirited denial that our President is even an American persists even in the face of facts to the contrary.
Those pesky negroes who are not quite happy with continuing state of things may just have a point, you know?
BlitzPuppet
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Meh, there will always be racism in the human race. It will NEVER die out.
Want it to?
End the human race, that's the only way. As long as people are different/think different someone will always think their group/beliefs are better than the someone else's.
Want it to?
End the human race, that's the only way. As long as people are different/think different someone will always think their group/beliefs are better than the someone else's.
Well there is certainly long-term hope. The isolation that produced these distinct genetic variations is rapidly disappearing. You can well imagine a much more homogeneous population a thousand years from now, assuming we don't screw it all up.
BudAshes
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IndyColtsFan
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I thought it was already very well known that this guy is a racist piece of shit. They should have removed him as an owner ages ago.
KT
KT
PSA: the racist whose rights were so callously violated in this instance is in fact a Democrat.
Don Vito Corleone
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Wowzers. This forum's members really make me scratch my head in wonder sometimes. To paraphrase Animal House: Son, ignorant, argumentative and stupid is no way to go through life.
Hugo Drax
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how can you remove him as an owner. So do you feel the government should take away your home if you say something racist?
BudAshes
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Hugo, Hugo, Hugo . . . there hu go again. The government wouldn't be involved, but the NBA, a private, for-profit association, might move to uhhh, urge him to sell.
zinfamous
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Maybe I'm missing something... did he discriminate against blacks as an employer? Did he hold a public conference at the town square denouncing blacks?
This is just as absurd as the Mozilla CEO resignation.
This is just as absurd as the Mozilla CEO resignation.
rudeguy
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so why is this national news but an elected official publicly calling someone an Uncle Tom is of no note?
http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/alabamas_rep_alvin_holmes_stan.html
http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/alabamas_rep_alvin_holmes_stan.html
Aw hell, no. He loves them black folks, long as they out on the court in them fancy shoes they wear sinkin' baskets for the fans. Jes' don' bring 'em to dinner, or to the club, ya know? It ain't fit to be seen associatin' with 'em. But as far as hoops is concerned, they sumpin' to watch, ain't they?
Your attempt at sensationalist humor doesn't change the fact that this was a private conversation that, apparently, was illegally recorded. Would you like to be publicly scrutinized and held accountable for every thought you had? Of course not, this isn't 1940's Germany.
Don Vito Corleone
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That is some seriously stupid dissembling. This state rep happens to be black, and there is nothing intrinsically racist about calling someone an Uncle Tom (particularly where the accuser is himself black). Moreover, he is a state representative, not, say, a United States Senator. There are not enough hours in the day to turn every ill-advised comment by a state legislator into national news.
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Don Vito Corleone
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According to Elgin Baylor, yes, he did. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sport...terling-20140426,0,877251.story#axzz30C7iT9tE
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