While we're on the topic of probable Christian heresy, Goblin Cock is another entity worthy of your adulation. If there's any doubt in your mind, perhaps you should consider their album cover:
The Killers, who are most certainly not capable of inspiring religious zeal in anyone other than Ultragrrrl, are releasing a "boxed set" of treasured B-sides, rarities, remixes... whatever. Most inessential release of the year? Probably. You are urged to avoid supporting this band. In two years they will be remembered only for the dubious achievement of making The Bravery look macho.
Can a dress code be racist? Duh. Sure. What if the dress code required that everyone wear t-shirts proclaiming, "White People Are Smarter than Minorities."? Stupid question! Okay, so is the NBA's new dress code racist? Well that's a much better question. The answer? Yeah, pretty much. Stephen Jackson thinks it's racist. And Phil Taylor thinks it's borderline. One thing's for sure: It's profoundly stupid. Like Allen Iverson's not working the thug-life vibe if you stick the dude in a suit? It's a basketball court, not a court appearance.
Right now, AI is the odds favorite to get the first fine for throwing off his slave clothes. Shit, the whole league should violate the rule in solidarity. Why should anyone be told what not to wear in order to appease white suburban audiences? The answer: because it's a business, and whitey has all the money. Ah, but the rejoinder: the dress code will have absolutely zero effect on the league's image problem. Why? Because dressing everyone all uptight with no gold chains and do-rags won't change the fact that ballhog assholes like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson make the game more boring. Nor will it change the fact that many ballplayers keep getting pulled over with guns and QPs of dope. Nor will it reduce the startling number of illegitimate NBA babies all over the goddamn place. Making these guys look a little less "street" when they give interviews won't change the fact that it's hard to root for some dude who suddenly got millions of dollars at age 18, has no concept of team basketball, and has no idea how to behave like a normal person.
This dress code does nothing more than reinforce the utterly moronic notion that scary negroes are the reason the NBA has an image problem. Newsflash: fuckups are the reason the NBA has an image problem. There just happen to be more blacks in the NBA, so your sample idiot population is skewed. Dress it up any way you want... "asshole" knows no color. Thick-necked racists will still have a problem with those ghetto-fabulous basketball players no matter what you do. In the end, this dress code will only help alienate the young people who make up the league's future consumer base.
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