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ONE LOVE said:
Lots of talks about the cartoon below, what do you guys think? Is it sexist and racist?

(Drawn by an Aussie)

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I don’t think it’s either
 
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I don't think the cartoonist made the drawing with racial or sexists intentions. It's weird living in a time where everything is automatically pretty much assumed to be racists, offensive, sexists, etc. I've seen people explain why the cartoon is racists. They say it's racists because of how the drawing depicts Serena physically. I think they forget that cartoons often exaggerates and puts emphasis on people's physical traits as well as the situation.

If you get on YouTube and look up Williams' behavior during her tennis games, it's pretty clear, she lets her emotion get the better of her. My favorite is from a video from either 07 or 09 where she gets in trouble for yelling at the crowd. She's talking to the same guy that just penalized her in her last match and he and some other lady tell her people were saying Serena said she was going to kill someone. She's all like, "I never said I was going to kill them" and then some lady in the stands yells out in the background, "Yes, you did!" haha I thought that was pretty funny.
 
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BTW Douchebag K when is your punishment over? I kind of already forgot what was your original nick? Maybe you should just stick to this one?
 
I saw a video of the incidents in the 2nd set. Personally, I wouldn't have given Serena the third code violation that cost her a full game. If Serena pulls out that set, it's a completely different match. If I were the umpire, I would have given Serena a stern warning letting her know this would be her third code violation and it would cost her a game. If Serena then continues to go on and on, disrupting the match and forcing me to issue the code, then I'd do it.

Edit: Here's the video. Osaka broke Williams to go up 4 - 3. So Williams was already in trouble.

 
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I'd be interested to know how many % supports Serena and how many % supports the umpire...

Also what that % is in the US compared to other countries.
 
Anyone else saw what the ref is paid for the match? Something like $680 for the whole match.

Serena is paid more per second.
 
Catchall said:
I saw a video of the incidents in the 2nd set. Personally, I wouldn't have given Serena the third code violation that cost her a full game. If Serena pulls out that set, it's a completely different match. If I were the umpire, I would have given Serena a stern warning letting her know this would be her third code violation and it would cost her a game. If Serena then continues to go on and on, disrupting the match and forcing me to issue the code, then I'd do it.

Edit: Here's the video. Osaka broke Williams to go up 4 - 3. So Williams was already in trouble.

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She did went on and on... and on... and on... and... on... it seemed to me the umpire gave her enough warning.
 
MVP said:
BTW Douchebag K when is your punishment over? I kind of already forgot what was your original nick? Maybe you should just stick to this one?
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hmmm good point dude. Downunder i might take suggestions before the season starts, i feel like the coming epic era of Jazz basketball requires something fitting ???
 
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