You said "Sunderland's marquee players." That made me laugh.

That is pure sunshine. I would have laughed maniacally.

But we could dress him in edgy Urban Outfitters t-shirts. Dont' they have a 'Crack Iz My Homeboy' shirt in the 'Iz My Homeboy' section?

*slowly and reluctantly raises hand* But can we bring Rob Ford and smoke crack in the changing rooms?

That's exactly what I noticed, too. And it's more amusing than I would have anticipated. If you don't care about sport, people's reactions to sport can look pretty ridiculous/amusing.

"Excuse me. What is the area code for the Championship? I know it's LOL, but what is that in numbers?"

You speak the truth! Even if it is with an extra 'u'. This has been a productive cross-cultural exchange. Huxtables Forever.

Here, here! Well, I agree with you, too. And here I thought interweb discussions were supposed to end in arguments and someone getting reported for assholery! Civil discussion on three. One ... two ... three ...

If you read through the comments, I think it says a lot that so many people say that white people also get called out and then reach into their bags and reflexively pull out two shows: Friends and Girls.

Do you really think it is just a gender issue? What do you think the response would be if Mindy was replaced with a black man and he only dated white women? That's not to suggest that there isn't gender at play, but I don't think it is gender alone. Not by any means.

Girls last year and Friends after season 42. You know why those are the examples you used? Because those are the two times that any real noise was made ... out of how many shows in the history of TV? The Girls critique was born out of a backlash to the initial reviews and PR stuff that coined the activities of these…

Historically and sociologically, you probably do understand why they do it. I imagine you just find the psychology disgusting and backward.

Perhaps a larger point that has gone unaddressed: Why is it that white people never have to apologize or explain almost exclusively dating other white people on TV and in movies? That's not to say that there may be relevant/interesting questions to ask re: romances on Mindy's show (and that's debatable), but why does…

This is a lovely, well-articulated piece of writing.

Because too many people think that their feelings and the law are interchangeable. Which explains so much wasted discourse in this country.

That may be how you feel, but the law may feel a different way. The issue here is that these are cheerleaders acting in concert, representing a public school. Completely voluntary prayer that has by no means been sanctioned or even permitted by school officials may be constitutionally allowed. But if any coach,…

I think we have a completely arbitrary view of good vs. bad people. Most people are a mixture of both. Add the notion of heroes and the whole stew becomes a complete clusterfuck. Ramsey was never a hero. What Ramsey did was heroic. And there's a big difference. The faultless hero is for movies and comic books.

How much time of ours is wasted by the millions of people who simply do not understand the concepts of religious freedom and free speech? What an easy voting block to manipulate. And Rick Perry is the perfect leader for these morons.

First, it's "then" you're an idiot. When resorting to name-calling about intelligence, you should probably concentrate on spelling. Otherwise, you look, well, kind of like an idiot.

Um, because the practice of criticizing appearance involves criticizing individuals, unless you want to remain in the "men are like this," "women are like this" sphere. Your argument is that hurtful comments hurt women more because a woman's physicality is more culturally vulnerable. It's a nice theory, and probably…