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Unless it is offensive to our Jewish posters, then I don't have a problem with it.
If it is, they should PM Ian because none of us have the power to change it.
I asked the question whether it is considered offensive in the U.S. Since the poster is Jewish, I assume that he (?she) doesn't consider it so -- is it like the way that some blacks refer to each other with the n-word (but would be outraged if a white person did so)?
I would be highly offended if someone used that word in the U.K. in any context, but I'm a guest here on a U.S. board -- it was really only a question about different cultures, not an objection.
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I asked the question whether it is considered offensive in the U.S. Since the poster is Jewish, I assume that he (?she) doesn't consider it so -- is it like the way that some blacks refer to each other with the n-word (but would be outraged if a white person did so)?
I would be highly offended if someone used that word in the U.K. in any context, but I'm a guest here on a U.S. board -- it was really only a question about different cultures, not an objection.
Mike, I (a he) am Jewish and thought it made a funny sig. I'm obviously not offended by it, and I don't think it evens comes close to the N-word in terms of offensiveness in the U.S. It wouldn't even bug me if a non-Jew called me a Yid (as long as it wasn't meant to be nasty).
Honestly, I doubted that many non-Jews even knew what "Yid" was. If it offends anyone, Jew or Gentile, I don't mind replacing it with something equally lame.
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I asked the question whether it is considered offensive in the U.S. Since the poster is Jewish, I assume that he (?she) doesn't consider it so -- is it like the way that some blacks refer to each other with the n-word (but would be outraged if a white person did so)?
I would be highly offended if someone used that word in the U.K. in any context, but I'm a guest here on a U.S. board -- it was really only a question about different cultures, not an objection.
It's all in the context IMO. Yid is just the Yiddish for Jew (and Yiddish is Yiddish for Jewish. Try saying that 10 times fast!) It's offensive if someone means to offend, but it can also be an affectionate term. As in "Aww, that sweet little Yiddele pinned Buffalo inside their 5-yard-line again!"
I look at it this way: Bru may or may not play in the first round, if he plays he probably will not be 100%-------however i will feel much better him being in there at sub 100% if he can call the plays. They can "gameplan" aournd him being a little slower. Apparently he has been calling the plays for the safty's as well, so even if he's not 100%, having him in there calling the plays and such, is better than having a 100% beisel!
Get well Tedy!
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A couple of years ago I had a torn calf muscle. I remember thinking when he went down that it looked like a calf because I did something similar playing b-ball. IMO the injury didn't happen when his leg was twisted but when he got up afterward and tried to run. I remember "hearing" a snap when it happened and then just going down. After sitting out of the game for about 45 minutes I tried to get up and couldn't even walk. Now I'm not even close to a world class athlete, am a bit older than Teddy, and don't have close to the facilities that he has available to him, however, it took me a good two and a half months of physical therapy to get back on my feet normally.
That said, most normal people can't recover from a stroke in six months to play in the NFL.
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Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi, who has a calf injury, is day-to-day, coach Bill Belichick said Wednesday.
Bruschi was hurt on a punt Monday night against the Jets and is listed as questionable on the team's injury report. After the play he tried to walk off on his own. But he winced as he put his left leg down, and two trainers escorted him to the sideline.
The team is 7-2 with Bruschi this season but 3-3 without him. Before he returned, the Patriots were allowing 27.3 points per game but since have been allowing an average of only 16.2 points per game.
The 32-year-old Bruschi was playing in his ninth game since returning to the field following a mild stroke. Bruschi had the stroke in February, days after playing in his first Pro Bowl and 10 days after helping the Patriots win their third Super Bowl in four years. He later had surgery to repair a small hole in his heart.
Doctors cleared him, he returned to practice Oct. 19 and played for the first time against Buffalo on Oct. 30.
Monty Beisel will start at inside linebacker on Sunday if Bruschi is unable to play.
The Patriots (10-5) have already clinched their third straight AFC East title, but can move into the third seed with a win over Miami, coupled with a loss by Cincinnati (11-4), which is at Kansas City on Sunday.
The reward in having the third seed is avoiding the Indianapolis Colts (13-2) until the AFC championship game. The Patriots will host a wild-card game on January 7 or 8.
Information from The Associated Press and SportsTicker was used in this report.
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Mike, I (a he) am Jewish and thought it made a funny sig. I'm obviously not offended by it, and I don't think it evens comes close to the N-word in terms of offensiveness in the U.S. It wouldn't even bug me if a non-Jew called me a Yid (as long as it wasn't meant to be nasty).
Honestly, I doubted that many non-Jews even knew what "Yid" was. If it offends anyone, Jew or Gentile, I don't mind replacing it with something equally lame.
One language, two cultures ....
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