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re: Muhammed Ali Dead at 74
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:40 pm to Wild Thang
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:40 pm to Wild Thang
Look....the guy was incredible. Easily the greatest boxer of our time (at least in my opinion). I'm not trying to take anything away from him. But there is no denying how polarizing a figure he was.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:40 pm to texastigerr
Dude fought the best at their best and won most of the time.
Has my respect for what he did in the ring.
Probably the GOAT
Has my respect for what he did in the ring.
Probably the GOAT
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:40 pm to RollTide1987
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A great athlete but not a great American
Ali was vindicated by history, we all know that.... even from McNamara himself.
Great Americans take stands that may be unpopular at the time, they just don't blindly follow immoral orders ... that's what we prosecuted the Germans for after WWII.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:42 pm to texastigerr
Top 5 sports icon of all time
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:43 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Ali was vindicated by history, we all know that.... even from McNamara himself.
Was he? I disagree.
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Great Americans take stands that may be unpopular at the time, they just don't blindly follow immoral orders ... that's what we prosecuted the Germans for after WWII.
I missed where JFK, LBJ, and Richard Nixon ordered the systematic murders of millions of Vietnamese civilians.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:44 pm to RollTide1987
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But there is no denying how polarizing a figure he was.
And?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:44 pm to texastigerr
I'm white....
Ali was the Michael Jordan of boxing always was and always will be.....that makes him special....
Ali was the Michael Jordan of boxing always was and always will be.....that makes him special....
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:46 pm to RollTide1987
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missed where JFK, LBJ, and Richard Nixon ordered the systematic murders of millions of Vietnamese civilians.
Read Karnow's book on Vietnam
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:46 pm to lsu2006
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The actual GOAT
The original
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Great Americans take stands that may be unpopular at the time, they just don't blindly follow immoral orders ... that's what we prosecuted the Germans for after WWII.
Here here
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:48 pm to RollTide1987
It's not like Ali took off to Canada, he refused to fight, got his punishment, and that was that. There is no way I can say anything about a black man not wanting to fight in a war for a country that despised him. And again may the champ rest in peace.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:49 pm to RollTide1987
Youre not that bright are you.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:50 pm to lsu2006
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Read Karnow's book on Vietnam
No thanks. I'd rather read a book by an actual historian. Karnow was a journalist and thus prone to sensationalism.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:52 pm to QJenk
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Youre not that bright are you.
I have a MA in History and work in naval intelligence. So probably not.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:57 pm to RollTide1987
George W Bush was just as terrible an American for avoiding service in Vietnam. You must love John Kerry.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:57 pm to Dubosed
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It's not like Ali took off to Canada, he refused to fight, got his punishment, and that was that. There is no way I can say anything about a black man not wanting to fight in a war for a country that despised him. And again may the champ rest in peace.
This
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:59 pm to tigerpimpbot
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George W Bush was just as terrible an American for avoiding service in Vietnam.
No he's a terrible American for starting a useless war in Iraq that cost trillions of American dollars and thousands of American lives.
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