good dolphin wrote:
SouthSideTruthSerum wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
This kind of response should be beneath the GM of the World Series Champions. It's like the CEO of a company responding to employee complaints about the kind of ketchup used in the cafeteria.
I think is is just fine. I like being a tough as nails, "don't F- with us" team.
You don't have to be professional if you kick ass, take names, and win it all.
Professional behavior is for when you have something that someone can take away if you do not act the way they want (i.e. a job, Medical/Law license, clientel/advertisers, etc.). For the White Sox, as long as JR and Big Bud are ok with it (and, after going to Jerry R's last backyard BBQ, I'm sure Big Bud is), noone has anything to take away.
Believe me, MOST Sox fans are from the South Side and celebrate the tough reputation.
For a while, Sox fans being called White Trash was hurtful and offensive, but after winning the World Series the haters can just SUCK IT.
I like being a Warrior a lot better than being a Beaurocrat, and the White Sox do too. GO, KENNY, GO!
Once you reach a certain level in any organization it is a sign of your superiority to not address the petty gripes of underlings. Your position may not require tact as a desirable skill. I assure you that Kenny Williams' does.
Why would it be necessary to have a "sign" of your superiority if, by your very position you are already undeniably superior?
Also, as to your assertion regarding myself - I assure you that my position is amongst the most respected on earth and requires nothing but the utmost tact and skill, regardless of my sports views or the opinions I express on this board, but back to the issue at hand.
Why would you wish for Kenny to not be free to define "tact" and "skill" as he sees fit? If he fails, he fails. I am sure he contemplates his every move with extreme care and takes only calculated risks.
A true leader and visionary must learn from past history, but the great and memorable ones often write their own by breaking with convention.
One of the "Media's" greatest methods of control is when they try to play moral police.
You see, most media figures are forced to live by a certain "PC Code", or they will not be media figures for long. I think this Code, and its ramifications, are derived from the following:
(1) like any restrained or captive being, if one cannot break free, the phrase "misery loves company" actually rings true in that such figures try to manipulate the world around them to conform to their "restrained" environment;
(2) They then pass off their clique-ish prison-like environment as being a higher form of civilization, often referring to such a way as the only acceptable alternative to neanderthalism;
(3) Their jealously over witnessing other people living "free-er" lives (without such concern for the constraints that bind them, which constraints thus function to give the Media members their individual identity and a feeling of superiority) comes across in their crusades, stories, opinions, and coverage (Bernstein is the poster boy for this phenomenon); and
(4) These observations are rarely, if ever, expressed or challenged, because - no forum exists outside of the ones that they control (besides VOILA! right here in forums like this board!). . . What other method might one use to bring such things to light? - The very methods that are bound by the above;
(5) Thus, with no checks and balances on the media, a kind of "Absolute" power results, which is almost always exploited and abused by its owners. To reprise an old cliche - "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
Most media members are like the insecure guy you knew in high school that went on to become a cop - he just loves to bust people now to flex his only authority.
It takes BRASS BALLS to charge into the wilderness and carve your own path. NEVER let the media control you, Kenny! I say again, KUDOS TO THE REBEL!