So what does everyone make of Lin, Linsanity, and Lingate?
"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3
To date he's proved an outstanding basketball player. Funny that a California player of the year had no major scholarship offers. Equally odd that both the Warriors and Rockets saw fit to let him go but he's certainly making a name for himself (and some green) in the Big Apple.
"This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." Lester Bangs
Kind of proves that there is a lot of good talent out their that most of us will never see or hear about. Look at all the mediocre players that teams and media had higher expectations of. Even so he might never had this level of exposure if some of the "stars" on his team had not been injured. I would like to see more players like Lin and less "gangsters from the hood" Lin is looking to be a good role model as well.
I'm glad he's on the Knicks and showing some awesome skills, helping a team I used to worship as a kid return to their rightful place.
What's this "Lingate", however?
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
as some people might guess, the jeremy lin phenomenon has gone beyond america, turning him into an idol for asians everywhere-- asian-americans, chinese, taiwanese, etc.
in asia, particularly taiwan, the press has gone insane, with taiwanese press calling him a "national hero". within days of his Ascension, both the chinese and taiwanese- excuse me, "chinese taipei"-- national basketball teams were clamoring for him to play for the glory of the country. then came the inevitable "he's taiwanese! no he's not, he's chinese!" nationalist arguments.
i particularly like the headline of this (taiwanese) editorial, though.
loosely translated,
Jeremy Lin is an AMERICAN- taiwan, what are you so smug about?
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damn right.
Last edited by astralis; 20 Feb 12, at 17:15.
The human mind cannot grasp the causes of phenomena in the aggregate. But the need to find these causes is inherent in man’s soul. And the human intellect, without investigating the multiplicity and complexity of the conditions of phenomena, any one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, snatches at the first, the most intelligible approximation to a cause, and says: “This is the cause!"
-Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace
Fired ESPN Editor Apologizes, Says "Chink In The Armor" Headline Not Intended As A SlurOriginally Posted by bigross86
"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3
I'm shocked someone didn't realize that would be offensive.
I wouldn't have. It's not in my vocabulary. I've heard it before, but rarely.
What if the writer had been Chinese? Or black, if it had been a black slur.
Where Is The Black Jeremy Lin?
To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education - Plato
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