Simmonds wont be suspended.

[Comeds]

Saying faggot bashes gays

Saying a curse word is bad for children to hear

Calling someone bitch/some other word comparing a man to a woman offends women

Calling someone a nerf herder offends Hans Solo



Where does the line get drawn? Why is one group getting attention but not another? I love our country but Jesus Christ I hate the people in it sometimes.



Oh yea, I forgot religions

I do not know where the line gets drawn and I am not a fan of the league looking at whats said on the ice underneath a microscope (little sound waves) but I certainly do not have a problem with them removing or trying to remove ethnic slurs from the ice and I think this is a logical step from that.

I would certainly hope no one here would be OK with players being called ****ers on the ice and would understand that the league would punish that. If the league punishes that then the precedence is set. I know some people are fine with that slur being used as I have seen some people here refer to people by that name but I hope most people would have a problem with it being thrown around on the ice.

I am not sure this has anything to do with the country, but more to do with the NHL and how it wants itself presented and marketed. Obviously they feel if they ignore it they will look bad and since they want a wide fanbase its probably wise.

If I am being paid millions of dollars to play a game and represent my team, the league, and the sport I do not have a problem with restrictions to what I could say on the ice, or at least within distance of a mic.

 

[KillerVee]

America is a pretty big place, Vee. About two continents worth of land. :p

Then why don't Canadians say American Indian?!?

 

[flyersfan4706]

Do black Canadians refer to themselves as African American or are you just being racist and assuming there are no blacks in Canada?

African Canadian never came to mind. Dont know what they refer to themselves as (I have never been black before), and I suspect there a blacks in Canada. :p

And saying "blacks" feels so dirty through a message board.

 

[Automattic]

African Canadian never came to mind. Dont know what they refer to themselves as (I have never been black before), and I suspect there a blacks in Canada. :p

And saying "blacks" feels so dirty through a message board.

Where is Simmonds from?

 

[quoipourquoi]

Almost as big as Blake Lively's chest.

Then why don't Canadians say American Indian?!?

Geography classes.

 

[puckhead]

Best part was Simmonds denied any slurs and the NHL couldn't prove, or else he would have been disciplined.

fine, I'll put this here too, because i thought it was pretty funny:

- what... I asked him if he wanted to go see Bob Saget!
- yes, I admit it was a little harsh to call him a maggot
- I saw Cuthbert in the stands, asked him if he still wanted to 'tag it'
- Everyone knows he's a Dan Akroyd fan... remember the movie Dragnet?
- he was acting like a dog with its tail between its legs. I said he should wag it.
- told him his boyfri... no, girlfriend was ugly, suggested that he'd bag it

 

[quoipourquoi]

(I have never been black before)

Uh-oh. We're not going to get into a debate about how being black is a choice are we...

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

 

[quoipourquoi]

After I spread some rep around, I'll get back to those fine Canadian asses, WW88. :p

 

[flyersfan4706]

Where is Simmonds from?

Wayne Simmonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sacrborough, ON

Uh-oh. We're not going to get into a debate about how being black is a choice are we...

You see kids getting blacker and blacker younger and younger these days

 

[GagneFire12]

Wayne Simmonds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sacrborough, ON



You see kids getting blacker and blacker younger and younger these days

Calm down there, Wolfblitzer...

 

[quoipourquoi]

You see kids getting blacker and blacker younger and younger these days

My ex-wife used to be black in college, but she would always tell me she was just experimenting.

 

[GagneFire12]

I was black before it became mainstream.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Best part was Simmonds denied any slurs and the NHL couldn't prove, or else he would have been disciplined.

Actually the best part is they say they have no proof but the nhl network is putting a censored shadow over simmonds mouth when they show the incident in thei highlight pack

Lol what is this fuckin china ... Don't let everyone see the obvious ... No proof here ... Run along

 

[quoipourquoi]

Actually the best part is they say they have no proof but the nhl network is putting a censored shadow over simmonds mouth when they show the incident in thei highlight pack

Lol what is this fuckin china ... Don't let everyone see the obvious ... No proof here ... Run along

Ridiculous. After the busy week Shanahan has had, Colin Campbell bobbles the only one he was given.

 

[juliansteed]

I do not know where the line gets drawn and I am not a fan of the league looking at whats said on the ice underneath a microscope (little sound waves) but I certainly do not have a problem with them removing or trying to remove ethnic slurs from the ice and I think this is a logical step from that.

I would certainly hope no one here would be OK with players being called ****ers on the ice and would understand that the league would punish that. If the league punishes that then the precedence is set. I know some people are fine with that slur being used as I have seen some people here refer to people by that name but I hope most people would have a problem with it being thrown around on the ice.

I am not sure this has anything to do with the country, but more to do with the NHL and how it wants itself presented and marketed. Obviously they feel if they ignore it they will look bad and since they want a wide fanbase its probably wise.

If I am being paid millions of dollars to play a game and represent my team, the league, and the sport I do not have a problem with restrictions to what I could say on the ice, or at least within distance of a mic.

I agree with this. It takes quite a bit to offend me. Probably because I'm not a minority, (unless being left-handed counts but luckily for me there are no slurs for that). But I can respect the fact that some people might be more easily offended. I don't have a problem with disregarding what's said on the ice in the heat of the moment at all, but if you're going to let this one slide you have to let everything slide, which hasn't been the precedent. There have been many accusations over the years of racial slurs being said over the years, as well as derogatory comments towards French people. Everytime it happens the NHL looks into it. In most cases that I can recall, there was never any proof but at least it made news and was looked into. Given that fact, I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this. Or are we supposed to pick and choose which forms of bigorty are acceptable and which are not? And nobody is defending anything Avery said or has ever done. It doesn't matter if the slur was directed at Hitler, it's not just the person to whom it's being directed that is being disrespected.

 

[flyersfan4706]

We always knew Lance Bass was so big and black.

 

[quoipourquoi]

I'm not a minority, (unless being left-handed counts but luckily for me there are no slurs for that)

We call you guys Southpaw Jackers.

 

[juliansteed]

We call you guys Southpaw Jackers.

REPORTED!

 

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