Barrow compares Giants' loss to being raped

VermontDem2004

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Tue Dec-16-03 03:55 PM
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Barrow compares Giants' loss to being raped

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mired in the midst of a six-game losing streak, the New York Giants have shown questionable ability on the field. After Sunday's 45-7 loss to the Saints, linebacker Mike Barrow showed questionable judgment off of it.

Barrow, frustrated by New Orleans' dominance and the Giants' lack of competitiveness, used a rape analogy during a postgame interview to describe how he felt about the team's performance.

"I feel like I've been just violated," Barrow was quoted as saying in the New York Post. "I don't know what it is to be raped, not to be insensitive to people who have, but to me, this is my experience . It feels like they just held us down and just did whatever they wanted to us. It just felt bad."

Giants coach Jim Fassel told the newspaper that he would discuss Barrow's choice of language with him.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1687581

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Bertha Venation

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Tue Dec-16-03 03:57 PM
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1. Is it possible for me to lose any MORE respect for professional athletes?

I didn't think so, until I read this.

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joeybee12

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Tue Dec-16-03 06:48 PM
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7. Hey, you're close to 1000--planning anything big???????????????

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GOPisEvil

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Tue Dec-16-03 03:58 PM
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2. Mike...sigh...that was a really, REALLY bad choice of words.

You lost a GAME, Mike. A GAME. *shakes head at the absurdity of it all*

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Birthmark

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Tue Dec-16-03 04:11 PM
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3. Oh yeah, this is a *big* problem.

</sarcasm>

There really is such a thing as being too sensitive.

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MaineDem

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Tue Dec-16-03 06:15 PM
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5. If you mean the response here at DU is too sensitive

Then you don't understand the whole physiology of rape.

This professional athlete was an idiot for saying this. Losing a football game is NOTHING like being raped. What an ass!

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joeybee12

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Tue Dec-16-03 06:07 PM
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4. He's hanging around Shockley too much! What an idiot!

Yup, these are the people we want our sons to grow up to emulate.

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jobycom

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Tue Dec-16-03 06:43 PM
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6. Well, no one said linemen had to be smart

More stupid than mean, but bad choice of words. Not as bad as Matt Millen's but bad.

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