What's up with Zolak's eye?

[All_Around_Brown]

It seems to have occurred as a result of a hit he took in which turnstyle Max Lane did his usual cream puff block and let a 300 lb DT cream Zo.

Seriously, this must be a slow news day judging from these threads.

I find Zolak the best player-commentator out there, BTW, just above DeOssie.

 

[Oswlek]

Because it is a personal question that has nothing to do with anything, and shows a lack of sensitivity. Most people have some sort of obvious physical shortcoming, only 3-year-olds and adults of similar mentality wonder aloud about them. This thread is moronic.

What?

Settle down. There is nothing insensitve about a simple question. I have a special needs child, but I have no issues with people asking if my boy is down syndrome. Why would I? I'm not embarrased by it.

Some people need to relax with this PC thing.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

I find Zolak the best player-commentator out there, BTW, just above DeOssie.

I was just slamming media guys in another thread (prisco) but I'd like to correct myself by agreeing with you. Those 2 are FUN to listen to and have occasional insight that I'd miss.

 

[Tunescribe]

What?

Settle down. There is nothing insensitve about a simple question. I have a special needs child, but I have no issues with people asking if my boy is down syndrome. Why would I? I'm not embarrased by it.

Some people need to relax with this PC thing.

Oh give me a freakin' break. It's not a matter of being politically correct, it's simply crass and juvenile to start a thread about somebody's facial defect. Do strangers walk up to you off the street to ask about your kid? This is the same thing.

 

[Tunescribe]

so when the physical features of a guy on TV changes I am being insensitive wondering what happened? I did not make fun of him, I just implied it looks like a lazy eye, which a different poster corrected me and made his Internet prognosis. that is fine,

but to call someone a 3 year old or say they have the mentality of one just shows it is you sir who have an issue with this, if like the kids in school you just answered it instead of accusing people of piling on, this thread would have run it's course...... but no you have to come out with gun ablaze, the sheriff in this lil' town protecting Zo.

you are the insensitive human here not me

I guess we should not make fun of Michael Jackson either based on his appearance, I mean look at the changes in him, hope you never had or that would be wrong

Comparing Zolak's congenital eye defect to Michael Jackson's billion rhinoplasties is like comparing an aardvark to a water buffalo. So the man has a strabismus (lazy eye) like a million other Americans! He's ALWAYS had it; nothing has changed, it's nothing he has control over. Why someone feels compelled to start a thread about it makes no sense. If you're worried about it, send the man an e-mail.

 

[Oswlek]

Oh give me a freakin' break. It's not a matter of being politically correct, it's simply crass and juvenile to start a thread about somebody's facial defect. Do strangers walk up to you off the street to ask about your kid? This is the same thing.

No it is not. Zolak is in the public eye and someone was just curious about a facial feature. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm sorry but you are making something out of nothing here.

 

[Tunescribe]

No it is not. Zolak is in the public eye ...

I hope that wasn't intentional.

 

[Oswlek]

Comparing Zolak's congenital eye defect to Michael Jackson's billion rhinoplasties is like comparing an aardvark to a water buffalo. So the man has a strabismus (lazy eye) like a million other Americans! He's ALWAYS had it; nothing has changed, it's nothing he has control over. Why someone feels compelled to start a thread about it makes no sense. If you're worried about it, send the man an e-mail.

Uhhhhhh...

Why couldn't the answer have just been, "he has lazy eye"?

Again, you are way over the top on this one. I would be the value of my house that you are taking this far more seriously than Zolak himself would. Frankly, I doubt he would even care.

 

[Oswlek]

I hope that wasn't intentional.

Whether it was or wasn't is irrelevent.

 

[PromisedLand]

What?

Settle down. There is nothing insensitve about a simple question. I have a special needs child, but I have no issues with people asking if my boy is down syndrome. Why would I? I'm not embarrased by it.

Some people need to relax with this PC thing.

Why are you so fat?

It's the same kind of question. People know when to keep their mouths shut. And BTW, whether or not Zolak reads it is beside the point.

 

[Tunescribe]

Uhhhhhh...

Why couldn't the answer have just been, "he has lazy eye"?

Again, you are way over the top on this one. I would be the value of my house that you are taking this far more seriously than Zolak himself would. Frankly, I doubt he would even care.

As long as you're coming along with me I guess that puts you over the top as well. Apparently the finer point of respecting/accepting another's physical imperfections as irrelevant to who and what he is escapes you. So if I am, indeed, remiss in defending that concept, so be it.

 

[Oswlek]

Why are you so fat?

It's the same kind of question. People know when to keep their mouths shut. And BTW, whether or not Zolak reads it is beside the point.

No it isn't. Not even close.

There was nothing derogatory in the original question. Nothing at all. I don't see why you guys are reading such malicious intentions into that. In your example question it is an accusation.

and with regard to this:

Do strangers walk up to you off the street to ask about your kid? This is the same thing.

Sure they do. But what is a more apt analogy is if my kid is playing with two other kids, one of which I know and the other I don't. After we leave the new mom/dad asks the one that knows us, "does that boy have Down Syndrome?". I'm sure that happens too. And there is nothing wrong with it.

 

[Tunescribe]

No it isn't. Not even close.

There was nothing derogatory in the original question. Nothing at all. I don't see why you guys are reading such malicious intentions into that. In your example question it is an accusation.

and with regard to this:



Sure they do. But what is a more apt analogy is if my kid is playing with two other kids, one of which I know and the other I don't. After we leave the new mom/dad asks the one that knows us, "does that boy have Down Syndrome?". I'm sure that happens too. And there is nothing wrong with it.

Maybe this will help: When someone asks a question like, "What's up with Zolak's eye?" it's the same as saying, "I notice something wrong with that person's appearance. Can you explain why he does not look normal?" And this doesn't strike you as a tad insensitive or juvenile?

Here is what I think: I'll also bet the value of your house that Zolak has been sensitive about this since he was a boy when others teased him about it. He might brush it off now, especially since he is an adult and there's nothing he can do about it. But I doubt he would appreciate having it called to his attention.

 

[Oswlek]

Maybe this will help: When someone asks a question like, "What's up with Zolak's eye?" it's the same as saying, "I notice something wrong with that person's appearance. Can you explain why he does not look normal?" And this doesn't strike you as a tad insensitive or juvenile?

Here is what I think: I'll also bet the value of your house that Zolak has been sensitive about this since he was a boy when others teased him about it. He might brush it off now, especially since he is an adult and there's nothing he can do about it. But I doubt he appreciates having it called to his attention.

Change the line to, "I notice something interesting about that person's appearance" and I think it is more accurate. The original poster was just posting a curiosity, not anything negative.

My opinion would be different if he asked the question in a demeaning manner. For all he knew, there might have been a good in-game story about it.

Again, it isn't as if he was pointing to it and laughing like a insensitive kid. Haven't you ever asked a friend about something like this once you got to know them? Since Zolak is a public figure, we tend to feel like we have reached that point sooner.

What you consider "somnething wrong" I consider a unique feature. It was you that attached the negativity to it, not Captain Cool nor I.

 

[Captain Cool]

Boy, I regret posting this.

Again, I was just curious. By the way, I have a two year old son with a prominent hemangioma (commonly known as a "raspberry") on his nose. People ask about it all the time and it doesn't bother me in the least. When he gets old enough for people to ask him, it may bother him, but he'll probably get used to it and it does fade and eventually disappear.

I like Zolak and didn't mean any disrespect.

 

[DynastyDriven]

What a JOKE. It was a simple question that alot on here said they were wondering. Give me a break. All these over the top 'everything has to be perfectly phrased or there offended' PC goofballs need to go hug another tree or something. Life is too short.