Jace, Extat Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Muhammad Ali died today according to Yahoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quijote Light Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Story A true legend. I expect this post will be moved to entertainment, but I don't think it should be. This was a man who through his skill and braggadocio made himself an icon and created the template for the modern sports star. His defiance in the face of social issues and the loss of what were his prime years because of this make him more than just a sports hero. Ali will be missed. The champ is gone, the champ is gone, the champ is gone… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefingers In The Air Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No, I am not going ten thousand miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would put my prestige in jeopardy and could cause me to lose millions of dollars which should accrue to me as the champion. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is right here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. But I either have to obey the laws of the land or the laws of Allah. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail. We’ve been in jail for four hundred years.” Rest In Power to the Greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, Littlefingers In The Air said: Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No, I am not going ten thousand miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would put my prestige in jeopardy and could cause me to lose millions of dollars which should accrue to me as the champion. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is right here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. But I either have to obey the laws of the land or the laws of Allah. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail. We’ve been in jail for four hundred years.” Rest In Power to the Greatest. TRUTH. Truly a man who was ahead of his time. And an amazing boxer. The greatest doesn't even cover it. RIP Bad man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefingers In The Air Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 27 minutes ago, Manhole Eunuchsbane said: TRUTH. Truly a man who was ahead of his time. And an amazing boxer. The greatest doesn't even cover it. RIP Bad man. "My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother." We lost a titan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tears of Lys Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I was just thinking about him yesterday and wondering how he was doing. Sad news, but I guess not unexpected. RIP, Mr. Ali. You were a titan. He had such a quick mind - faster than his famous footwork even. To see what happened as a result of the boxing that made him a household word was truly tragic. And, yes, he was a **handsome** man - just like he said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 A man of true courage. My fundamentalist uncle and I don't have much to bond about these days, but we bonded over Muhammad Ali. He always fancied himself to bear a resemblance to Ali. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Triskan said: "No Vietcong ever called me Nigger." What a fucking badass. RIP Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris the Blade Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Lost an icon. Totally sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Triskan said: "No Vietcong ever called me Nigger." What a fucking badass. RIP i was just thinking about this quote the other day. summed the man up perfectly. the bbc website lead with the headline 'boxing legend' dies. i totally disagree, he was a great boxer, but a more formidable human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 sigh =( Rest in Peace sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 "YOU MY OPPOSER WHEN I WANT FREEDOM!" "BUMAYE, BUMAYE, BUMAYE, BUMAYE!" I refuse to think of him being gone. He lives forever in my mind, my memories of his spirit, a special, special American, a champion to humanity. We would need a book to even begin to express this transformative, titan of a icon. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Truly the last of the giants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Damn that's a fucking blow, what a legend. Time to drag out my dads old boxing vhs tapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelticgar Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I met him once in Boston. He hit me with a straight jab and then gave me an autograph. ABC Wide World of Sports was a traditional growing up so he was on TV a lot. A true original and another reminder of how much the world has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Sad to hear that he is gone. He really was the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Such a tragic loss for the world... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Rest in peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 This year has sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 May he rest in peace. A man of true integrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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