Name 5 people you'd like to have a beer with

WhiteLondonChick · Jun 21, 2009

satyricon said: ↑

The Internet was invented at UCLA and first went online as the ARPANET in October, 1969.

http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cerf.html

Final post. I had a lot of fun being Saty, thanks.
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hey! why is he leaving? did somebody upset him here???

or he probably found a nice white gf and doesnt need to be here anymore?
good for you, Saty! Bad for us... :smt104

pettyofficerj · Jun 21, 2009

Tarshibear said: ↑

Couldn't agree with you more Sir Nose.

1968 Olympics
Main article: 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
The gold and bronze medalists in the 200m at the 1968 Olympics were Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos, respectively. On the medal podium, during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner", Smith and Carlos famously joined in a Black Power salute.

What is less known is that Norman, a white Australian, donned a badge on the podium in support of their cause, the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). On the way out to the medal ceremony, Norman saw the badge being worn by Paul Hoffman, a white member of the US Rowing Team, and asked him if he could wear it.[citation needed] It was also Norman who suggested that Smith and Carlos share the black gloves used in their salute, after Carlos left his gloves in the Olympic Village.[5] This is the reason for Tommie Smith raising his right fist, while John Carlos raised his left. Asked about his support of Smith and Carlos' cause by the world's press, Norman said he opposed his country's government's White Australia policy.
Australia's Olympic authorities reprimanded him and the Australian media ostracised him. Despite Norman running qualifying times for both the 100m and 200m during 1971/72 the Australian Olympic track team did not send him, or any other sprinters, to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the first ever modern Olympics where no Australian sprinters participated.
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I would like to have a drink with Norman then, if all this is true. He seems like a stand-up guy..

has more heart for the cause than a lot of black people

wtarshi · Jun 21, 2009

pettyofficerj said: ↑

I would like to have a drink with Norman then, if all this is true. He seems like a stand-up guy..

has more heart for the cause than a lot of black people

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It's unfortunate that he was overlooked & unappreciated...mainly by the Australian people. At least his nephew made a documentary about him and that moment in history.

mama · Jun 21, 2009

Tarshibear said: ↑

It's unfortunate that he was overlooked & unappreciated...mainly by the Australian people. At least his nephew made a documentary about him and that moment in history.
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Yeah i watched that, it's a shame he died before it came out.

wtarshi · Jun 21, 2009

mama said: ↑

Yeah i watched that, it's a shame he died before it came out.
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Couldn't agree with you more mama

pettyofficerj · Jun 21, 2009

Tarshibear said: ↑

It's unfortunate that he was overlooked & unappreciated...mainly by the Australian people. At least his nephew made a documentary about him and that moment in history.
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he gets mad props from me

beth1989 · Jun 30, 2009

Tarshibear said: ↑

Couldn't agree with you more mama
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me tooooooo

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