The new home for the political stuff in the Cotto-Foreman thread is here

[Rantcatrat]

[QUOTE=miles;883671]

I hope Cotto beats the hell out of him. Why? The very word Israel upsets me these days. It will be funny to see Foreman dribble some teeth.

You are hoping Foreman loses because he is Israeli? That's insulting and really qualifies for a neg rep Holmes.

In this instance I do indeed hope he loses. Am I familar with his character? It's irrelevant, right now he is representing a terrorist state. I cannot and will not suport that. I hope Cotto busts him up. Simple as. The very flag upsets me. Israel brought it upon itself.[/QUOTE]


Suit yourself.

This is a boxing message board. I wonder does it also function as a political message board? Isn't there another section of this site where you can vent your political frustration? If there isn't, maybe there should be. I believe it's inappropriate in the context of a boxing message board. It makes sense in a political message board because people can pick and choose what threads they open, but when I open a boxing thread about Floyd Mayweather I don't want to read about the hate of black people. Likewise, when I open a thread about the Cotto-Foreman fight, I don't want to discuss the current geopolitcal situation in the middleeast. If condoned, I think it risks alienating posters like myself who come to this board to discuss boxing, not politics.

It could just be me though. I guess making statements about a fighter's nationality as the reason I want him to be physically injured just seems a little out of line to me. I can't imagine I personally would ever do it.