No Place For This

Can someone send me a link to the article? More Important Than Boxing

I got mad love for Thomas Hauser, he's a great writer and one of the last mohicans as far as columnists who were throwbacks to the days of Jimmy Cannon and Gay Talese in the New York area. There is one column here that mixes boxing and politics, I made a thread 2 years ago cuz it was out of place. Hauser is probably the best boxing columnist out there.

I'd really rather not see articles on politics on a boxing site. If it's one every 2 years I think I can suck it up though.

Can someone send me a link to the article?

Thomas Hauser just wrote a big story for a BOXING website... about George Bush..... about politics, etc....Hauser, I thought he knew better...this article SHOULDNT be on that site!!! Under his thinking that means a boxing writer, if he feels like it, can flood cyberspace with articles on religion, politics and race or any other subject along those lines anytime he feels like it? NO. I think it is almost comical when people get so into politics (or race or religion) because these types of subjects turn them almost like followers of a cult or something. All that matters on these subjects is their opinion and they will cross any lines to get it out there. I got mad love for Thomas Hauser, he's a great writer and one of the last mohicans as far as columnists who were throwbacks to the days of Jimmy Cannon and Gay Talese in the New York area. There is one column here that mixes boxing and politics, I made a thread 2 years ago cuz it was out of place.

You don't buy Sports ILLUSTRATED to read about Knitting, you don't buy Newsweek to read about cartoons and you dont buy movie magazines to read about homeless kids in Africa. If u havent noticed there is a very popular NON BOXING section on this very site. People want to talk about different things. I dont understand why u cant see how its YOUR CHOICE whether u read an article or not. I mean, ur talking about just ONE article right?

I don't talk politics, too touchy of a subject and i am not informed enough to do so...on occasion in the book I talk about a few off beat things..only a line or 2 at a time..stuff in the diary section, like one day not long ago I was behind a guy at a lightin anice car andhe threw his McDonalds trash right out he window onto the ground.... that shows a severe case of IGNORANCE when people, grown ups at that, do that.

Hell, I've read articles about everything under the sun AND boxing on this site. It's cool though. If it's well written I'll probably read it.

You don't buy Sports ILLUSTRATED to read about Knitting, you don't buy Newsweek to read about cartoons and you dont buy movie magazines to read about homeless kids in Africa. NOpe you are right.. and thats because I paid... A blogger/article website is a whole different story.. ANd if an actress adopts a An afircan kid.. damn straight I am going to read about in a entertainment MAG....

Let's have them post one Floyd Mayweather article a week on the biggest political site in the world and see what happens?? People go to BOXING sites to read about BOXING, PERIOD. There is no place for politics on ANY of them. There has to be a LINE. I am in the process of writing my boxing book right now..if someone buys it do you think they want to see 15 paragraph sections on my view of Bush, Iraq, Bin Laden, etc? I am sure they do not. Scully, if I buy your book...and I plan to....it's because I want to know about Iceman John Scully; and if you throw in 15 paragraphs on your political views, that gives me a broader picture of who you are as an individual, and not just who you were as a boxer. So yeah, I'd buy it and be interested in reading it.

You don't buy Sports ILLUSTRATED to read about Knitting, you don't buy Newsweek to read about cartoons and you dont buy movie magazines to read about homeless kids in Africa.

Let's have them post one Floyd Mayweather article a week on the biggest political site in the world and see what happens?? People go to BOXING sites to read about BOXING, PERIOD. There is no place for politics on ANY of them. There has to be a LINE. I am in the process of writing my boxing book right now..if someone buys it do you think they want to see 15 paragraph sections on my view of Bush, Iraq, Bin Laden, etc? I am sure they do not. But politicians are WILLING to use sports figures to further their CAUSE .. If I buy your book about boxing it better be about BOXING.. You are right.. again its about CHOICE.. no one was forced to read his article.. but you are wrong..I come to this site ultimately to read about BOXING.. BUT you know as well as I do lots of NON boxing talk goes on.. I choose which threads to read and when on the HOME page I choose which artilces read..

Wdf? Where did all this hostility come from? You know that nobody is forcing you to even go onto that website let alone read that individual article, right? If the website choose to have a political article on their page then that is their choice, and people have to respect that, as regulars to that site. If they dont then they can easily close the website down and move to another. Im guessing something has happened in America recently with all this talk of Democrats taking over the house and Rumsfeld stepping down, which makes the article all the more relevant. Political discussion at a time it is topical. Freedom of expression is vital to any democracy. Saying "its a boxing website, it shouldnt have political discussion, this is way out of line" is plain wrong in my opinion. This is a boxing site and a lot of politics is talked here. Not just governmental politics, but also the politics of this sport and the world. Anyway enough of me, but long live freedom of speech.

Let's have them post one Floyd Mayweather article a week on the biggest political site in the world and see what happens?? People go to BOXING sites to read about BOXING, PERIOD. There is no place for politics on ANY of them. There has to be a LINE. I am in the process of writing my boxing book right now..if someone buys it do you think they want to see 15 paragraph sections on my view of Bush, Iraq, Bin Laden, etc? I am sure they do not.

So IN OTHER WORDS you have no problem with logging onto a fightnews or maxboxing or one of the better sites and reading political articles whenever they feel like putting one up..... even though MANY that choose towrite about politics are not professional political advisors, they are just average americans like you and I...... so Sports Illustrated canhave articles about religion only? Its OK with you to turn on Sports Center and watch a thirty minute debate on politics?? That's RIDICULOUS. Thereis a place for everything and a BOXING website should NOT be prinitng articles about president bush and politics. That's WAY out of line. No of course NOT.. But considering what yesterday was in the USA.. its not inappropriate.... Same as I would expect article in late december to have a Christmas flavour.. If he keeps writing politics and NOT boxing.. then you are right.. BUT a once in awhile off topic article concerning present events is NOT so bad..

So IN OTHER WORDS you have no problem with logging onto a fightnews or maxboxing or one of the better sites and reading political articles whenever they feel like putting one up..... even though MANY that choose towrite about politics are not professional political advisors, they are just average americans like you and I...... so Sports Illustrated canhave articles about religion only? Its OK with you to turn on Sports Center and watch a thirty minute debate on politics?? That's RIDICULOUS. Thereis a place for everything and a BOXING website should NOT be prinitng articles about president bush and politics. That's WAY out of line. .....I'm with you 100%!!! Shove a foot up his ass the next time you see him would you?

So IN OTHER WORDS you have no problem with logging onto a fightnews or maxboxing or one of the better sites and reading political articles whenever they feel like putting one up..... even though MANY that choose towrite about politics are not professional political advisors, they are just average americans like you and I...... so Sports Illustrated canhave articles about religion only? Its OK with you to turn on Sports Center and watch a thirty minute debate on politics?? That's RIDICULOUS. Thereis a place for everything and a BOXING website should NOT be prinitng articles about president bush and politics. That's WAY out of line. Obviously if such websites or magazines strayed from their "audience" on too many occasions, they'd lose that audience. Flavoring the website with occasional departures from the norm, is not suicidal, though. And, personally, I find it refreshing when someone who is not an expert in politics gives an honest opinion about something political. You don't have to be an expert in fecal matter to know if it stinks or not.

So IN OTHER WORDS you have no problem with logging onto a fightnews or maxboxing or one of the better sites and reading political articles whenever they feel like putting one up..... even though MANY that choose towrite about politics are not professional political advisors, they are just average americans like you and I...... so Sports Illustrated canhave articles about religion only? Its OK with you to turn on Sports Center and watch a thirty minute debate on politics?? That's RIDICULOUS. Thereis a place for everything and a BOXING website should NOT be prinitng articles about president bush and politics. That's WAY out of line.

I'm with Iceman on this one. As a teacher I deal with this frequently in discussions with those colleagues of mine who feel they have a right to lecture their students on whatever topic they wish. The difference being.. In a classroom the kids dont really have a choice and most trust their teachers.. so Personal opinion should be kept to oneself.. Published articles are there to read OR not to read .. the readers have a choice..

I'm more with Welter; but I can see Iceman and kayjay's point. I feel as communicators, writers have a responsibility to "comminicate". As a boxing writer, of course Hauser is going to write about boxing, that's why we log on to boxing websites, to read about boxing. That is a given. However, the world is comprised of far more important matters than a mere sport; and if a communicator decides to speak on a topic as important as a national leader, something that concerns boxing fans and non-boxing fans alike, then I commend him/her for using their medium to speak out on a topic that does indeed effect each and every one of us. If the readers who log on to a boxing website don't want to read about politics, there are plenty of boxing articles to choose from to entertain them. It's akin to something on TV you don't want to watch. You can turn the TV off or change the channel as easy as the press of a button. But, as someone who is well-rounded in things more important than boxing, I cannot blame Hauser and do applaud him for using his medium for it's best affect.