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newsobserver.com | Jersey-tearing man defends statues’ dignity
Now, I’ve had issues with Howard Sadel in the past–but really? He’s got the quote of the year right here:
For me, the bigger concern is someone on state property wielding a box cutter with an obvious hairline temper.
That pretty much says it all, right there. Now, while I do agree that the Hurricanes and the North Carolina Historical Commission were wrong to not follow procedure in getting the jerseys stitched onto Old Hickory et al., I must also say that Herr Jones was way the hell out of line in his response to same, and that the Hurricanes were far more generous toward him than I would have been. The guy claims he likes the ‘Canes, and yet he pulls this stunt (which was done in the name of civic pride)? Hey wow, when did I suddenly become King of Siam?
My favorite line in the article was this one, courtesy of NC Historical Commission chairdroid Jerry Cashion:
“I share the outrage over the desecration of the monuments.”
Eeeeexcuse me? When did this suddenly become the same thing as arsonists burning a church or vandals knocking over headstones in the local cemetery? Could somebody please explain this to me? And where, I must ask, is the outrage over Presidents Washington and Lincoln being used to hawk everything from cars to marital aids for a couple weeks every February? Well OK, Lincoln I’ll give you–after all, we do still have some people here who are still fighting the War of Northern Aggression–but Washington? Why aren’t David Jones and Jerry Cashion screaming about his image being “desecrated” or assaulting President’s Day signage with box cutters? Perhaps we need to investigate these people and see if they have ties to a car lot or Adam&Eve (warning: link NSFW), because I smell a rat (or that could just be the Dresden Pizza* that my husband just pulled out of the oven).
Man, no wonder people laugh at us. I think one of the posters on fark.com said it best:
While it’s fairly stupid to dress a statue of Andrew Jackson in a Hurricanes jersey, it’s even stupider to go and complain to your city council about it.
Yeah, yeah it is.
*:a Dresden Pizza is a pepperoni pizza that’s been overdone to the point that the cheese is mostly burnt and the pepperonis look like bomb craters. Blame my husband and his gaming buddies for this one, which I’m footnoting here because I don’t think it needs to go in the glossary.
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The more thought I have (unnecessarily) given this mess throughout the day, the more the following has occurred to me:
Where was this guy AND his big beef with the jerseys on the statues in 2002?
If this whole thing is as controversial as this idiot makes it out to be, I’m rather shocked that we did not hear any sort of ruckus in ’02, be it from him or someone else.
Personally, I’ve never had a problem with the jerseys being where they were…in ’02, I liked them then because it was just cool to see in addition to the tons of car flags, banners/flags outside of buildings and stores, and everything else. This year, I liked seeing them because even though I’m not in Raleigh, it was neat to get those same magical vibes that I felt in ’02.
Between the jersey crap AND the penny incident, I believe that it’s *very safe* to say that the Canes can survive ANYTHING, including attempts to upset their mojo.
In all of this, the one thing that I still don’t get is this: the Canes had permission from the Governor’s office to put the sweaters out there. And while he may have a point that they didn’t fill out form number J-94h371.599 or whatever, there still remains the point that the GOVERNOR gave the Canes permission. I would have thought that gubanatorial permission would have superceded the need to fill out the proper forms.
Either way, this guy seriously needs to find something better to do.
I’m slightly disappointed that the Canes didn’t press charges. Okay. More than “slightly”.
This is a case of some nut job just out to get his 15 minutes of fame. What a ridiculous waste of time, energy, breath, newsprint and the public tax dollar.
[...] Acid Queen chimes in, as well. [...]
I'm from the western Canada, and this story still pisses me off! 'nuts for pucks' may have a good point on the 15 minutes of fame part. But at the same time, I can see how a person who doesn't like hockey at all can get so offended over something like this. He just has a lot of pride in American History, not in Hurricane history. Different sides of the spectrum…
Thanks for the post, AQ, good stuff! It inspired me to do my own take on it.