[Afterlife]

I read your piece. And I'm not at all understanding what your point is.

At first, I was getting confused and a little ticked about why you were so mad at Vince for using...a word. And I thit I was following you when you were talking about Jews and Kykes. ANd then you somehow thot that WE might think you were defending him? I don't follow. But here's what I think.

WWE Creative has templates that they run by. They start new guys with easy gimmicks, and if they do o.k., they build on them or try new things. Hence, the majority of non-American wrestlers start as foreigner heels. Yes, it's stupid to assume that every foreigner in the company hates our country and claims we don't respect theirs. If they hated us, why would they get a job with an American company? Completely stupid. But it's easy to write, it's worked in the past, and you can always drop it later.

The American version of that is to make blacks racist. If you make a white guy racist, the crowd will actually hate him to death -- moreso than Hassan. But if a black guy claims that the whites are all racists, then he can be the victim, the same as Hassan and La Resistance claimed that all of America hated them.

Now, I don't know about any instances of anyone throwing a slur at Hassan, b/c the E was trying to make Americans look like NON-racists, to oppose his views. But I do recall a few commentators throwing 'Frogs' around at the early days of LR. And I might be wrong, but I doubt any "French-Americans" bitched about it.

I'm not condoning Vince using the infamous "N-word", but I'm also not complaining. Firstly, b/c it seemed to me, at first, the he was making light of Cena's wigger persona, secondly b/c everyone who's been watching Booker's heel turn has been waiting for his racial heel turn, and thirdly b/c it's WWE and I don't really care.

And by the way, if you don't know why I've been waiting for the race card to be played, it's b/c Charmin is a former Miss BLACK America. Not that there's a Miss WHITE America, nor are blacks banned from a regular ol' Miss America contest, but the day they pointed that out, Joey Radd and I knew they were going there.

Aside from all that, you stated yourself, several times, that Vince didn't do anything to hurt anybody. He was being a twit and actin' a-fool, pallin' around with Champ, and yes, he used...a word. But that, really is the point here. It's a damn word, and you mentioned Dave Chapelle -- an admitted racist and a comedian whose telecision show I cannot stomache, due to lack of comedy -- and it reminds of what his friend Chris Rock said about 'bad words', which is "There are no bad words, only bad attitudes."

My point? When Rico was around, nobody called him a faggot on air, but if they had, it would not have offended me. It would definitely have surprised me. And I admit, I would hope the guy got beat down if he said it in a heelish way. But had it been:

Rico: Gee, Charlie, you sure are hot.

Charlie: Heh heh, Rico, you're such a fag!

*All laugh*

Then I woulda said wow, and laughed along with the writers.

Not every Arab hates America, not every Gay is a flamer, and no, not every black guy is a ghetto thug. But so what? Stereotypes are there to be exploited -- that's how stupid kids get scholarships. I've done a fair bit of quoting, but you want my advice? Take solice in the words of one Stewart Griffin:

"I'd like to thank the blacks for taking it all in stride." Oh, and relax. It's just wrestling.