OK, this is slightly peripheral to the MO of this site, but here goes:
We have a dustup compliments of the Golf Channel, of all places. Apparently an anchor on said channel, one Ms. Kelly Tilghman, made a stupid choice of words to comment on the dominance of Tiger Woods, arguably the best golfer today and maybe in the history of the game. She suggested some of the young tour players consider dealing with his dominance by "lynch(ing) him in a back alley," pretty dim witted, Ms. Tilghman.
She later apologized. In her statement, Tilghman said, "On Friday during our golf broadcast, Nick Faldo and I were discussing Tiger's dominance in the golf world and I used some poorly chosen words. I have known Tiger for 12 years and I have apologized directly to him. I also apologize to our viewers who may have been offended by my comments."
Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg of IMG, released a statement saying, "This story is a non-issue. Tiger and Kelly are friends and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly. Regardless of the choice of words used, we know unequivocally that there was no ill intent in her comments. This story is a non-issue in our eyes."
Not according to the self-imposed protector of all African-Americans, Al Sharpton. (By the way, he's referred to as Rev., but is he leading a church, or is this a moniker like "Colonel", as in the moniker used by Elvis' manager?)
He compared Ms. Tilghman to Don Imus (who made similarly ill-thought remarks about a college women's basketball team, but had no previous acquaintance of any sort with them). And, as is the case with Imus, apparently Ms. Tilghman's head must now be removed and placed on a post in the public square, as an example to those who might make the same mistake, in spite of their immediate apologies for their transgression and pleas for forgiveness.
Mr. (Sanctimonious) Sharpton: If you are indeed a 'Reverend', does your 'church' allow for forgiveness? Is a public apology for stupid comments sufficient, or do we need to conduct professional 'genocide' to root out these evil commentators and forever banish them off airways, so this never happens again? Would it be enough to rise above the hate, allow the 'sinner' to seek forgiveness, but remember still why the sin is a sin, and work to teach our youth about it?
He who is without sin may cast the first stone...
-hack
