Originally Posted by
THE PHILOSOPHER
Originally Posted by
Althugz
Originally Posted by
Mars_ax
Originally Posted by
Tam Seddon
Originally Posted by
Mars_ax
Im on the iPhone, sorry about that.
It's all good bro, I didn't know if you knew..
I think it's time for some of the people who still show animosity towards Ali to give it a rest. The man has tried his best to make amends over the years for the indiscretions of his youth. He's sick, frail, and likely doesn't have much longer to live, leading the Parade at The Olympics in London could be his way of saying goodby to all of us.
People always forget the times he grew up in and how he was treated..The man is probably the greatest sportsman to have ever lived for the way he transcended sports.
I do think this will be a sad day though. The last time he made a public appearance at an event was a baseball game and it was quite heartbreaking to see the state he was in. Do a google search for "Ali baseball game" and you should see the video.
Poor cassius making all those millions, travelling the world and wailing about white devils...
I think a woman working 3 jobs to support her family and save their home is more of a Super Star than a sports figure.
Firstly, relax yourself and understand that you're thinking with your 2012 head on. Imagine being called a N***er regularly, your parents not being given the same opportunities as others and looked at as second class citizens as well as not being able to get a seat at restaurant even when you've won a gold medal? Shit, I'd be bitter and call my families oppressors "devils" too.
I have no idea what your second sentences relevance was to what I said? I stated, "The man is probably the greatest sportsman to have ever lived for the way he transcended sports."
I feel that's a fair statement. Where does a woman working 3 jobs come into this?
In context of what I said, are you then saying this woman is a bigger sports star than Ali? You make no sense..again, relax, breathe deep and think about it.
There is no doubt in my mind that he was a great, great man though. Refusing to go to war in Vietnam makes him a war hero to me. He was right all along and the atrocities commited in that war are still plain to see today in Vietnam. A real war hero refuses to partake in the act in my book.
He is a polarizing figure, no doubt. Everyone has their own wildly varying opinion of him.
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