::yawn::

Dang. Mickey Mantle had some large forearms. I gotta start drinking more.

This was kind of sad:

In 1951, legendary Brown Bomber Joe Louis was well past his prime but couldn't quit because he owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the IRS. Rising heavyweight contender Rocky Marciano didn't want to fight his idol, now outmatched.

Nonetheless, the two boxers signed contracts for an October bout. Marciano went on to win what would be Louis' last professional fight, apologizing to the former champ after knocking him out.

He considered doing the salute with them, but decided that it would not help their cause as much as letting them have the spotlight would. So he went with the badge instead.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Well, duh, subby. Peter Norman is white. How dare you even imply that whites have ever played any role in civil rights. He only pinned on a symbol of white guilt - didn't mean shiat.

/Tired of that picture. Really.
//If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

How tired of it can you be? You spent at least a couple of minutes crying about it, wanker.

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What's with the nazi surfers?

Benevolent Misanthrope: Well, duh, subby. Peter Norman is white. How dare you even imply that whites have ever played any role in civil rights. He only pinned on a symbol of white guilt - didn't mean shiat.

/Tired of that picture. Really.
//If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

Some folks might think that moral and smooth but, thankfully, there are those who don't surrender their principles to manipulative discouragement.

DeSlidified! (new window)

Fark slideshows.

it is not that forgotten. We hear about Flanagan now anytime that moment is written about.
The press made a big deal out of the story when Flanagan died... but it is still a cool story.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Well, duh, subby. Peter Norman is white. How dare you even imply that whites have ever played any role in civil rights. He only pinned on a symbol of white guilt - didn't mean shiat.

/Tired of that picture. Really.
//If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

Which of those two options do you think would have had the greater impact?

Smiths: DeSlidified! (new window)

Fark slideshows.

Easier to navigate through a well-constructed slideshow like Life's than to scroll down the whole page in your link. Fark slideshows that reload the page with every slide, but this one's fine.

Carlos and Smith were both pallbearers at Normans Funeral a couple of years ago

I have that poster on my wall, and no, he is not forgotten.

What pisses me off was the IOC's blasé horseshiat about political statements being out of place at the games. Oh yeah? Well then send all those Hungarians back, motherfarkers. And it's a good thing the Mexicans machine-gunning college kids wasn't a "political statement". Oh, and could you maybe let Jimmy Carter know about this, too? Too late you say? Well then farking choke yourselves to death on all your bribe money.
Scumbags.

/wasn't born yet in 1968

Benevolent Misanthrope: //If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

Defending your country for its own sake, in the face of its mistakes, is Nationalism. Nationalism is ugly.

Wishing for your country to be a better place, and taking steps to make it better, is Patriotism. Patriotism is beautiful.

You have cornered the thread's market in assholism already.

Scrotastic Method: Benevolent Misanthrope: //If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

Defending your country for its own sake, in the face of its mistakes, is Nationalism. Nationalism is ugly.

Wishing for your country to be a better place, and taking steps to make it better, is Patriotism. Patriotism is beautiful.

You have cornered the thread's market in assholism already.

Yeah, what he said.

And what if its "uniform" happened to be white skin?

pelzo63: What's with the nazi surfers?

I thought the same thing. It was from 1961 too, so they couldn't not have known what that looked like...

Comic Book Guy: pelzo63: What's with the nazi surfers?

I thought the same thing. It was from 1961 too, so they couldn't not have known what that looked like...

Is it Dora et al? They were doing it strictly for the LULZ and shock value.

pelzo63: What's with the nazi surfers?



/Hot.

BobNesta420:

She actually had a website up until a couple of years ago (originalskatebetty ?) and it had video of her on Mike Douglas and a commercial she shot.

She was one of the first to do a decent looking handstand, and that trick is still done by quite a few guys and gals.

I know WAY too much about early 60's skate and surf culture for a 40something fom Oregon.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Well, duh, subby. Peter Norman is white. How dare you even imply that whites have ever played any role in civil rights. He only pinned on a symbol of white guilt - didn't mean shiat.

/Tired of that picture. Really.
//If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

That wouldnt have been as attention whorish.

Debeo Summa Credo: Benevolent Misanthrope: Well, duh, subby. Peter Norman is white. How dare you even imply that whites have ever played any role in civil rights. He only pinned on a symbol of white guilt - didn't mean shiat.

/Tired of that picture. Really.
//If they really wanted to protest the US, they should never have put on its uniform.

That wouldnt have been as attention whorish.

On the other hand, it also wouldn't have gotten any media attention to their cause.

I think the fact that you idiots are talking about this proves them right for doing it... when is the last time you were part of an iconic moment in sports history.