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Dumb means not having to say you’re sorry

09.15.2010 by David Murray // 5 Comments

So heavyweight boxer David Haye predicted his upcoming title fight will be as "one-sided as a gang rape."

He then refused to apologize to women's groups (who apparently follow the fight game waiting for boxers to say insensitive things).

"If I apologized for every stupid/ignorant thing i said," Haye tweeted, "I wouldn't have time for anything else during the day!"

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  1. Jason says

    September 15, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    That defense certainly exists for some — see, e.g. Howard Stern or Chales Barkley or Anne Coulter — but Haye’s stupidity isn’t notorious enough to assert it successfully.

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  2. James Green says

    September 16, 2010 at 9:56 am

    The issue of when and to whom one should apologize is an interesting debate. I only wish that the idiotic statement in question did not contain the word rape. I have learned to avoid this subject like the plague. It is impossible to say anything about the matter without getting yourself into trouble.

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  3. David Murray says

    September 16, 2010 at 10:02 am

    Mr. Green, you write like a sadder and wiser girl.

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  4. James Green says

    September 16, 2010 at 10:31 am

    “A sadder and wiser girl” What do you mean? Was that a compliment or an insult?

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  5. David Murray says

    September 16, 2010 at 10:34 am

    Just an expression (orig. The Music Man) about someone who has learned the hard way.
    http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/meredithwilson20574/sadderbutwisergirl543399.html

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