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- Nov 3, 2006
I was really stunned today, to hear pj , on CBC , going on about plans to flood the ice with panties after Patrick's FS at the GPF.
The plan was apparently started by someone at FSU, but pj is right on board with it, and CBC is going along with promoting it.
Oh , and pj insists they should be called "Chanties"...isn't that too clever ?
( Which is cuter , Chanties or Word Broker ? You decide. )
Oh, I visit FSU, and I'm certainly not against a little irreverence , or suggestiveness ( as many of you may know ) and really enjoy the banter ( except when vitriol takes over ), but I think the Boards are the place for it, not at an international competiton on international TV..There are cultures that consider throwing panties at someone a really vile insult. And the shame attaches to the recipient , not the flinger.
But even if those cultures are not very mainstream, and most of us take it as a joke, surely the place for such a gesture ( if people simply can't restrain themselves..count 1 , so far ) would be a show, or exhibition..or maybe Battle of the Blades.
When someone threw panties on the ice after Patrick's performance at SC , it was, depending on the observer , silly , funny ,embarrassing,titillating or stupid..whatever ..But that was one instance, and fans will do what they will do..even if a group of fans did it on their own.. well, that's up to them and the commentators could do their best to make light of it. As a spontaneous prank, OK. Let it live or die on it's own.
But it's a whole other thing for CBC ( and by extension Skate Canada ??? ) to more or less endorse it, and promote it across the country weeks in advance to be sure to get a really good response. PJ said the reasoning behind it is it's silly to throw teddy bears at grown men.. Anybody ever hear of a ball cap or a scarf ?...Oh. You mean that's not the real reason...nudge , nudge , wink wink...but what will the children's hospitals do with all those women's underpants ? and will they be racey ?
Pj is thoughtfully informing the recruits that the Ch..(no, I refuse )..the PANTIES must be in a plastic bag.. and salad tongs must be provided for the little flower monitor girls to pick them up with.. Good Grief ! What impression does that give ? Inappropriate , much ?
It will only fan the flames of Chan-gate ( the embers are never fully out ). It could also make us have to wear our maple leaf pins under our lapels for a while. ...I wonder what the fans of the other male skaters will do to compete ?
Shame on CBC. Shame on Skate Canada , if they don't try to discourage it....
I don't say shame on pj, if she just decided to jump on the bandwagon on FSU, recruit her friends and acquaintances privately..go for it. I think it's poor judgement , but that's her business .
However , her employer, our national broadcaster, ought to know better, and not allow themselves ,or their employees, to be a party to it.
The plan was apparently started by someone at FSU, but pj is right on board with it, and CBC is going along with promoting it.
Oh , and pj insists they should be called "Chanties"...isn't that too clever ?
( Which is cuter , Chanties or Word Broker ? You decide. )
Oh, I visit FSU, and I'm certainly not against a little irreverence , or suggestiveness ( as many of you may know ) and really enjoy the banter ( except when vitriol takes over ), but I think the Boards are the place for it, not at an international competiton on international TV..There are cultures that consider throwing panties at someone a really vile insult. And the shame attaches to the recipient , not the flinger.
But even if those cultures are not very mainstream, and most of us take it as a joke, surely the place for such a gesture ( if people simply can't restrain themselves..count 1 , so far ) would be a show, or exhibition..or maybe Battle of the Blades.
When someone threw panties on the ice after Patrick's performance at SC , it was, depending on the observer , silly , funny ,embarrassing,titillating or stupid..whatever ..But that was one instance, and fans will do what they will do..even if a group of fans did it on their own.. well, that's up to them and the commentators could do their best to make light of it. As a spontaneous prank, OK. Let it live or die on it's own.
But it's a whole other thing for CBC ( and by extension Skate Canada ??? ) to more or less endorse it, and promote it across the country weeks in advance to be sure to get a really good response. PJ said the reasoning behind it is it's silly to throw teddy bears at grown men.. Anybody ever hear of a ball cap or a scarf ?...Oh. You mean that's not the real reason...nudge , nudge , wink wink...but what will the children's hospitals do with all those women's underpants ? and will they be racey ?
Pj is thoughtfully informing the recruits that the Ch..(no, I refuse )..the PANTIES must be in a plastic bag.. and salad tongs must be provided for the little flower monitor girls to pick them up with.. Good Grief ! What impression does that give ? Inappropriate , much ?
It will only fan the flames of Chan-gate ( the embers are never fully out ). It could also make us have to wear our maple leaf pins under our lapels for a while. ...I wonder what the fans of the other male skaters will do to compete ?
Shame on CBC. Shame on Skate Canada , if they don't try to discourage it....
I don't say shame on pj, if she just decided to jump on the bandwagon on FSU, recruit her friends and acquaintances privately..go for it. I think it's poor judgement , but that's her business .
However , her employer, our national broadcaster, ought to know better, and not allow themselves ,or their employees, to be a party to it.
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