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'Midget Cup' slammed by critics
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| 10/13/2009
| ninemsn staff
Posted on 10/13/2009 10:52:10 AM PDT by BJClinton
A piggy-back race with dwarfs dressed as jockeys has been slammed by critics as offensive and derogatory.
Thousands watched the race at a Cranbourne racetrack in Victoria, dubbed the "midgets' cup", as part of Sunday's Cranbourne Cup meeting, Adelaide Now reports.
What do you think of the race — was it harmless fun or just plain ridicule? Share your thoughts below.
Three men raced down a 50m stretch with a short statured person on each of their backs.
The race ended with one "jockey" falling and crashing headfirst into the dirt but he was uninjured.
Victorian racing minister Rob Hulls said he couldn’t understand the point of the race.
"At a time when racing should be fighting hard for that discretionary dollar and fighting hard to get young people back to the track, this type of event does nothing to promote the industry as vital, modern or innovative," he was quoted by Adelaide Now as saying.
Meredith Tripp, a former president of the Short Statured People of Australia association, told the newspaper that events that made fun of short statured people made it harder for them to go through life without being subject to ridicule.
"For a big corporate group seeing some sort of comical side to such an event is unfortunate," she said.
Cranbourne Racing Club said it received no complaints about the race on the day.
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Sports
KEYWORDS: daschle; kucinich; midget; napl
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Seems rather short sighted.
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:52:11 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
To: BJClinton; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:53:32 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Any "healthcare reform" without tort reform is a fraud.)
To: BJClinton
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:55:25 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
To: BJClinton
midget exploitation ping...
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:55:29 AM PDT
by
NMEwithin
To: BJClinton
To: BJClinton
Victorian racing minister Rob Hulls said he couldn’t understand the point of the race. It a race with midgets. nuff said!
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:56:55 AM PDT
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: BJClinton
when I was in college, my roommate had one for a pet.
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:57:21 AM PDT
by
MNDude
(The Republican Congress Economy--1995-2007)
To: BJClinton
Midget Cup?
No, sorry. Not into that.
This. This is my sport....
To: BJClinton
They should pass a law declaring that short people are not allowed to participate in races, sports or other outdoor activity.
What? That would be discriminatory?? Oh, Gee.
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:58:30 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: BJClinton
To: BJClinton
Think of the shoe endorsement possibilities!
To: Responsibility2nd
AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!ROTFLMAOH!!!
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posted on
10/13/2009 10:59:28 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(And the people cry "Sarah!Sarah!" And she hears....yes,she hears......)
To: BJClinton
Oh, come on, we have matters of national significance that dwarf this problem.
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:00:22 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: BJClinton
Short Statured People of Australia association.....
Shortened to midget?.....
To: BJClinton
Yep...a new low in racing. :)
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:01:03 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(And the people cry "Sarah!Sarah!" And she hears....yes,she hears......)
To: BJClinton; naturalman1975
Have The cow races at Mt. Compass lost their allure?
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:02:14 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Brett66
he couldn’t understand the point of the race.
Winning?
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:02:33 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(And the people cry "Sarah!Sarah!" And she hears....yes,she hears......)
To: BJClinton
Three men raced down a 50m stretch with a short statured person on each of their backs.... ....Meredith Tripp, a former president of the Short Statured People of Australia association, told the newspaper that events that made fun of short statured people made it harder for them to go through life without being subject to ridicule.
The humor behind the concept must have gone right over their heads.
Related threads:
Dwarf church serves under-privileged
Outreach to Midgets Comes Up Short
"...because little people never hurt anybody..."
Ralph Kearney, President, Local 241, Little People's Performers Union.
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:09:32 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(...We never faced anything like this...we only fought humans.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Whoever doesn’t find that funny has a heart made of ice.
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:23:59 AM PDT
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BJClinton
(Any "healthcare reform" without tort reform is a fraud.)
To: Liberty Valance
Have midgets riding the cows and you’d be on to something.
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posted on
10/13/2009 11:28:30 AM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Any "healthcare reform" without tort reform is a fraud.)
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