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Nobody allowed him to be this at the time either. It was not easier in any way. He just had the gut to do it. In France we had some old celebrity known for the

Nobody allowed him to be this at the time either. It was not easier in any way. He just had the gut to do it. In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Everybody said that he would not be able to do the same today. Well, all his friends responded, at the time neither. He got sued. Threaten. Physically and financially attacked. Disruption is always hard. And eventually others benefit more from it than you do.

walru 10y ago
You're correct. That's what I ultimately meant. His words were met, in the media, with challenge. Having his words even echoed was a feat in and of itself. You or I could not replicate his feat as we don't have the stage. People hinged on his every word because of his prowess in a field people could understand. Guys like LeBron James and Michael Phelps are the only folks who could garner the same level of respect in the here and now, but the field has changed, there's too much money at risk... Case and point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35nC0jVNuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35nC0jVNuk
- stan_rogers 10y ago
  People don't hinge on words (although their lives may); they hang on them. The idiom is "case in point", meaning "here is an example in furtherance of my argument." Yes, that may seem like nitpicking, but whether it's fair and logical or not, people will at least partially base their assessment of your message (or argument, or what have you) on the language you use to convey it.
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  - lifeisstillgood 10y ago
    And that is a lesson the eloquent, poetic Ali teaches us: No Vietcong ever called me nigger.
draven 10y ago
> In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Who would that be ? I immediately thought about Desproges.
- sametmax 10y ago
  Desproges indeed. Coluche too, and the whole Hara kiri team.

walru 10y ago

You're correct. That's what I ultimately meant. His words were met, in the media, with challenge. Having his words even echoed was a feat in and of itself. You or I could not replicate his feat as we don't have the stage. People hinged on his every word because of his prowess in a field people could understand. Guys like LeBron James and Michael Phelps are the only folks who could garner the same level of respect in the here and now, but the field has changed, there's too much money at risk... Case and point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35nC0jVNuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35nC0jVNuk

stan_rogers 10y ago
People don't hinge on words (although their lives may); they hang on them. The idiom is "case in point", meaning "here is an example in furtherance of my argument." Yes, that may seem like nitpicking, but whether it's fair and logical or not, people will at least partially base their assessment of your message (or argument, or what have you) on the language you use to convey it.
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- lifeisstillgood 10y ago
  And that is a lesson the eloquent, poetic Ali teaches us: No Vietcong ever called me nigger.

draven 10y ago

> In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Who would that be ? I immediately thought about Desproges.

sametmax 10y ago
Desproges indeed. Coluche too, and the whole Hara kiri team.