Boors, nuns and the Jazz
Sheesh. Not even the Jazz can escape what seems like relentless religous controvesy in Utah.On an ESPN radio show, NBA writer Ric Bucher was groping for a reason that Utah Jazz basketball fans are so ugly and intimidating in Radium Stadium (aka: EnergySolutions Arena).
Here was his explanation:
They are Mormons, and they are in Salt Lake, and there is nothing else there. You know, you gotta smile and be happy all the time. This is the one opportunity for people to get vicious.Though a bit of a generalization — I'm guessing non-Mormons make up at least half of Jazz fans — it seems like a reasonable attempt at a drollery.
Of course, most stabs at humor push the PC buttons, and Bucher and ESPN have already apologized for his "inappropriate" words.
If you are keeping score, this Utah-related gaff follows CBS's Bobby Clampett calling golfer Wen-Chong Liang a "Chinaman" and Rick Majerus talking about Mormon "magic underwear" effecting BYU's NCAA performance.
The Tribune's Tom Wharton offers some balance with a sweet story: The Nun and the Utah Jazz.
Sister Michele Curtin of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word is a huge Jazz fan. Says Wharton:
She will be glued to her convent television at Christus St. Joseph's Villa during the playoffs in a room where a Jazz blanket joins mostly religious decorations.Wharton, bless him, managed to avoid any inappropriate nun jokes or quips about Irish drunkeness — or both*.
"We have Jesus, Mary and Joseph," smiled the native of Ireland, who has spent 60 years as a nun since entering the convent as a 15-year-old. "All the basics."
*If you've got a joke about nuns, Irish drunkeness or, especially, both, please share.
6 Comments:
You don t just enter a convent at age 15 & thats the end of it. You have 6 years to decide if you want to stay, then you take your final vows. You are free to leave at any time even after final vows. A bit different than being restricted to a polygamy supporting culture. There ALWAYS needs to be a fresh crop of girls available to polygamy to work.
"for polygamy to work"
my bad...
Anonymous, what the hell are you talking about?
I am talking about the quote from the newspaper article regarding the nun it says she entered convent at 15, implying to me THAT
she was a minor when she was absorbed into her career choice.
I feel this was mentioned to demonstrate to readers that other religions besides the Mormons enroll children into adult roles.
Is that better confused :)?
Anonymous, how exactly do Mormons enroll children into adult roles? Don't mention polygamy, because that would make you a bigot.
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