Comments on: The Lynching of David Seanor http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/ taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: anonymum http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3268 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:05:53 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3268 I believe Golfweek would have been far better off using a less provocative visual representation, which is of course what propmted the person responsible to lose his job, so he may think so too by now!
it’s not that they did the wrong thing {per se} in reporting it, but the manner in which they went about it was a bit over the top..the problem as i see it, is they recognised it had been taken a little too far, the knee jerk reaction took over and a man was crucified..
I have no issue with people reporting situations such as these in the truest sense of the word “reporting”, it’s the associated crap that goes with it as it has in this case..but for someone to lose their job? that sucks…
far too many times these days the media {and i include all forms when i say that} go for the cheap, sensational headline in order to convince people to buy, and this is absolutely the case here, but again, i don’t think it was worth someone losing their job over it..
is there really a “correct” answer in these situations?
in an ideal world, it would have been addressed in an adult manner, discussed, a decision made on any damage that may have been done and someone might have got their butt kicked…then it could have died a natural death in a reasonably short time frame…
tiger woods, i believe got it right…he addressed it a reasonable, adult manner, said his piece to the culprit and went to play another game of golf…if executives were half as sensible and level headed as him, we wouldn’t be having this conversation, a man would still have his job and the bimbo would have been busted back to delivering mail..
but that way the whole country wouldn’t be talking about Golfweek would they?

]]> By: anonymum http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3262 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:54:09 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3262 just one thing before i give an opinion on this debacle…
tiger woods is a golf player, not a social commentator, so i applaud him for not getting involved..i’m no tiger woods fan, however in this instance i admire him for taking the attitude he did..he spoke to the culprit, they sorted it out and as far as he was concerned that was the end of it…but nooooooooooooo
i struggle with what’s happened here, i really do..one bimbo makes a remark wihtout thinking and some else loses their job?
imho they went one step too far with replacing him…having said that, i hate to be the one to say it, but i don’t agree he was merely attempting to report and create dialogue…it could be {and was} seen as inflammatory, and was perhaps a little over the top…
**It was a naked attempt to inflame and keep alive an incident that was heading to an appropriate conclusion.**
that’s a statement i agree with…not convinced naked is the right word, but the sentiment is basically correct..
there are far too many people trying to “do the right thing” and the issue will eventually become so clouded that noone will remember the original remark which is what started the entire shit fight to start with
summary? yes, they went too far in firing him, however i believe he went just a tad too far with his attempt to report on it…if anyone should have been the sacrificial lamb it’s her…but then if they’d done that, women’s rights groups would have bitten in wouldnt they? no, it doesn’t bode well if the issue of race can’t be discussed without being labelled racist, however there are ways of going about it and i’m not convinced this guy went about it the right way…problem is, his superiors screwed it totally…
my aoplogies for the long winded comment, but i needed to make myself clear here…i rarely bite into these things, and rarely disagree with a blgo owners opinion, however, like i said, i’m not convinced he was merely trying to create dialogue…if i’ve missed the point entirely, well, i’ll just go home and sulk! :wink:

No apology needed. Feel free to disagree with me anytime you choose! You bring up a very valid point: should Golfweek have simply let the matter die? Were they not in fact fanning the flames just to sell magazines? Each person who becomes familiar with this issue will no doubt form their own opinion. I suspect the correct answer draws a little from Column A, and a little from Column B.

Thanks for stopping by, Mum! I appreciate your very well thought out comment. :)

-sps

]]> By: anonymum http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3261 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:21:30 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3261 it’s nth queensland…hot, humid, steamy and with an o’night minimum of 76 – 80f, so the short answer? shit loads! :wink:

]]> By: Red http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3256 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:42:57 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3256 I, too saw the Obama/Clinton dance gig comment and thought to myself, “Self, if it had been the other way around, instead of a black/white thing, it was a white/black thing, would it had been looked at as humorous?”
I think not.

Very true! And if it had been John Edwards who had said it, he’d be out of the race by now

-sps

]]> By: ~m http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3255 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:56:05 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3255 Many good points here, Mr. Smith.
The PC bandwagon is so loaded right now with the likes of gasbags like Sharpton and J.Jackson that it will never leave the station.
Bullshit sense of entitlement and the tightly shut eyes of society serve to cloud and focus on the negative and inane.
There are so many things wrong with this entire situation and I doubt it will ever be cleared up.
With stories like this and that of the Jena 6, we need a small miracle to make people see.
Until then, we’re royally screwed.
And the tension will continue and escalate.
Profoundly sad . . .
~m

And the irony of it all is that Tiger Woods has always conducted himself with dignity and class, even when things have been said about him (e.g. Fuzzy Zoeller) that would have given him justification for being ticked off. I think Tiger Woods is smart enough to realize that he doesn’t need “friends” like Sharpton and Jackson.

-sps

]]> By: anonymum http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3253 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:31:30 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3253 Evening Mr Smith…i did have a read through this, but have been flat out like a lizard drinking so didn’t manage to find the time {yet} to go through the whole story…I’m reluctant to comment until I have the whole picture {understandably} so will check it out later tonight..it didn’t get a lot of press over here is the thing…all we’re getting at the moment is how “wonderful” hillary is..and i have to say I’m getting to the point where I hate opening my news reader!
Anyhow, will be back later my friend..I hate to not comment on a post that has obviously had a lot of thought put into it, but like I said, prefer to have the whole picture before I do :wink:
ah’ll be baack!
{imagine arnie here ok??}

Fair enough. I’ll look forward to your next comment. By the way, just how much does a lizard drink in your neck of the woods? ;)

-sps

]]> By: Lolly http://murderofravens.org/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3249 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:21:31 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/the-lynching-of-david-seanor/#comment-3249 Who knows, maybe Golf Week had some other reasons, too, that played into their firing of Seanor.

Just this morning, I was reading some of a discussion forum on a website where people use their Texas Blue Lacy dogs for hunting hogs and one of the Users had this as part of their signature “A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.”

Here’s to being unpopular!

Works for me every time! ;)

-sps

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