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Victory without honor

January 23, 2009 in girls, honor, randomness, responsibility, sports by marisa | No comments

basketball head According to the AP, out of Dallas, Texas, a

… high school girls basketball team on the winning end of a 100-0 game has a case of blowout remorse. Now officials from The Covenant School say they are trying to do the right thing by seeking a forfeit and apologizing for the margin of victory.

Clearly ahead, it was 59-0 at halftime, the winners beat rival Dallas Academy in what the losing coach Jeremy Civello described as an ongoing “layup drill,” running the ball with full-court presses and three point shots. Read the rest of this entry »

The executioner’s face; or, “Me and you” in Mellencamp’s “Jena”

October 7, 2007 in Jena 6, Mellencamp, complicity, empathy, racism, responsibility, tintin by marisa | 2 comments

So, according to the AP, the mayor of Jena Louisiana is incensed over a new song John Mellencamp has released in front of his upcoming album. In multiple stories we’ve heard that Mayor Murphy R. McMillin is angry about what he has repeatedly referred to Jena‘s unfair treatment at the hands of media and activists (I’m surprised we haven’t been subjected to hearing about “activist media” in the wake of this case!)

But this time, apparently, someone has gone too far, Mellencamp. Or as McMillin put it to the AP:

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