i agree kramer. whatever he meant i am positive it wasn't hatred towards the man. he screwed up big time plain and simple by making his feelings public about this.....
Didn't take Ozzie Guillen long to upset ALL of the Miami Cuban community!
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i agree kramer. whatever he meant i am positive it wasn't hatred towards the man. he screwed up big time plain and simple by making his feelings public about this.....
rey_1178 said:
Well my wife's grandparents came here in 1991 from Norway, they speak perfect English now.
Unbelievable the way certain people are coddled in this country and others aren't. I guess you have to learn the language when they don't have a Norwegian language drivers manual at the DMV.
I actually don't think anything should happen to him, 5 games for saying something stupid to ridiculous.
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The problem is that the team needs the Cuban community's support. You can't alienate half the population in South Florida and expect the Marlins to make money. I'm sure the owners said "Apologize and make it sincere, or else you're fired!".
i think if you're going to live in a country such as ours that you should make the effort to learn the language. but that's me. and yes the suspension is enough. not like some that want to cut his head off.
Especially when the stadium SITS in the middle of an area called "Little Havana".
rey_1178 said:
I Agee with you Rey, I don't think you should have to learn English to live here, but I don't feel sorry for those paying some consequences for not learning it.
This will blow over, remember rashard mednenhall, yeah that's over with so will this in a bit.
Do people down in your area hate Penn, Spielberg, Jackson or Stone? They've all professed their love for Castro. Are their movies and such boycotted?
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And I agree with you whole hardily in this case about you SHOULD. But it is natural to THINK in you native tongue if you SPEAK it among those closest to you. I think in spanish because in MY HOUSE, we speak spanish. NO ONE in my house has an accent when they speak...except my mother-in-law.
NO ONE is coddling the fact that he made a very simple mistake....in Miami, you do not bring up Castro unless you follow the sheep. Simple as that. The Cuban community has as HUGE influence here like the Irish in Chicago, the Italian in NYC and the Mexican community in Los Angeles.
IF you ever hear Ozzie when it comes to interviews, he constantly struggles to find the right words to say. There is NO DOUBT he made a mistake. But no one wants as reason...just a hanging.
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It was a double post, and for some reason it's impossible to delete a post from the iPad app.
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Read more here: Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen suspended for 5 games over Fidel Castro comments - Miami Marlins - MiamiHerald.com
Cubans-Americans all over Miami calling in to local sports radio stating they have done the same thing MANY times. I admit I have done the same but opposite.
Read more here: Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen suspended for 5 games over Fidel Castro comments - Miami Marlins - MiamiHerald.com
You decide. I don't think he said it. His mouth is open when someone shouts "viva chavez"...
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I tried send you a youtube interview Ozzie did regarding his thoughts on Sean Penn, since you brought him....but your mailbox is full.
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Can't delete messages from the iPad. So I looked it up
Good stuff, I was wrong about him and Chavez. I learned something new today. Thanks.
I remember when I 1st met my wife her grandparents would say some strange things in English, so I know what you are saying about things being lost in translation. I remember back than I used to smoke cigarettes and they used an offensive term, we laughed and corrected them, but if it was said in public it would of been different.
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Really?? This should be the new online definition for the word 'backtrack'.
Well...not really. The ones that are complaining the most are older Cubans. The younger generation are a little more open because they have become a little, as they say here in spanish, but I will translate in english: Americanized. LOL!
They may or may not be hart.problem is these things don't bother me. Personally I separate a persons politics from these other things. The community here shouldn't punish the marlins because of ozzies political views. They should separate the two,allow the marlins to handle it as they already have and move on. If they boycott the marlins they will only hurt themselves since that park is there thanks to the tax payers here.
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