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Old 08-22-2018, 05:26 PM
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I feel sorry for Lamey but believe his 'retirement' was justified. Lamey is a visible representative of this organization. He apparently told a joke where the punch line included the n word. Zero tolerance for a public organization like the Colts makes perfect sense. Among many people, in 2018, it is morally unacceptable for people to tell jokes that contain the n word. It doesn't brand Lamey as a racist or erase his decades of good work. But actions have consequences attached to them. For all involved those consequences were truly unfortunate.
In a way, it does erase his good work. There will be no send off for him. There will be no Chick Hearn or Vin Scully-style tributes to him in the stadium. Colts content will likely no longer use his voice for historic Colts-related moments since that can be seen as being tolerant or giving leeway to those who no longer deserve mention.

I think there was a way to uphold Emmis' zero tolerance toward Bob Lamey, Emmis employee, while allowing Colts fans to still have Bob Lamey #1 Colts fan. Had this been kept in-house, he could have been removed from his position of play-by-play voice of the Colts and no longer employed by Emmis under the general reasoning being that "it was time". He could then have been an unpaid guest of the Colts pre-game show as Bob Lamey, #1 Colts Fan, where fans still get all of the sunshine and homerism from the former voice of the Colts. By burning it all to the ground with the way it went, there is no chance for any of that happening. I think that would have been a fair way to thank him for his many years of service. Had it been Jethro in accounting, sure, fire his arse with no second thought. I think Bob deserved a bit of decorum for his dismissal.

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Old 08-22-2018, 05:30 PM
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I'm not sure that's possible anymore. How much trouble do you make for yourself if you DON"T report it?
That's why I added the part about bringing in an HR rep. Ultimately, I think an Indianapolis Colts icon deserved a bit of an in-house dealing with this matter rather than a tabloid send-off.
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I'm not sure that's possible anymore. How much trouble do you make for yourself if you DON"T report it?
WHAT? WHAT? So we have to report every insulting word we ever hear?
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WHAT? WHAT? So we have to report every insulting word we ever hear?
Yes you do, ya dumb***. Oh ****, I'm ****ed!
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Old 08-22-2018, 07:31 PM
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Yes you do, ya dumb***. Oh ****, I'm ****ed!
Fuck that, only a pussy pulls that shit! I hear stuff every day that may me me feel a little uncomfortable. The whole fukn country needs to stop being offended by everything and grow a set!
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Fuck that, only a pussy pulls that shit! I hear stuff every day that may me me feel a little uncomfortable. The whole fukn country needs to stop being offended by everything and grow a set!
If you say the n word at work, you are getting fired. And rightfully so.
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Old 08-22-2018, 09:07 PM
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If you say the n word at work, you are getting fired. And rightfully so.
Not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying, that if you hear someone say it, you are in no way obligated to report it.
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Fuck that, only a pussy pulls that shit! I hear stuff every day that may me me feel a little uncomfortable. The whole fukn country needs to stop being offended by everything and grow a set!
Did you think i was serious?
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Old 08-22-2018, 09:21 PM
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Did you think i was serious?
I was hoping not. But you never know.
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Not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying, that if you hear someone say it, you are in no way obligated to report it.
I don’t disagree. But I don’t fault the person here.

There aren’t too many things that annoy me more than people thinking other people care that they are offended. People that get constantly offended need something bad to happen to them so they can understand how fucking trivial that nonsense is.
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