06-21-2006, 03:39 PM
Quote:Not exactly. He was saying "I think that to comment further would put me to bat on a sticky wicket." Of course, not being British, and that American's haven't a clue about cricket he used the American colloquialism. I see a difference between "I don't want to comment" and "I don't want to comment because I'll get into hot water." In essence, he is trying to communicate that he's gone as close to the edge as he is comfortable standing on the topic. I think that is far different than "I don't want to answer your question".
The statements may imply different reasoning, but the end result is still the same. He doesn't want to comment.
Here's my point. (And, again, i'm not arguing that his statement isn't valid) There are probably thousands upon thousands of ways to express what he wanted to say that don't use terms with racist connotations. You yourself just stated three of them. It's his job to artfully maneuver between them. As far as i'm concerened, the fact that he didn't choose one of the inumerable and, in many cases, much simpler ways of expressing his response was a very amusing failure at his primary responsibility. but a failure nonetheless.