A joke in “Chelsea Lately” goes: “I was wondering, when the entire cast of Slum Dog Millionaire went up the stage, who was left manning tech support.” A racist joke, I know, but is it derogatory? Isn’t it just a recognition of the fact that, in the outsourcing of tech support, India is the one of the top countries where such tech support is outsourced? The crucial point to determine is whether or not India wants to be labeled as such.
A couple of weeks back Nate Robinson won the NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Competition against Dwight Howard. I strongly feel that Dwight should have won. Nate did jump over Dwight, but he leaned on Dwight’s shoulder to push him higher for the dunk. The thing is, text votes propelled him to win. Reggie Miller did comment that he would have wanted the text votes to have played a factor in the earlier rounds of the competition and not just the finals. I, however, agree with Kenny Smith. The experts should be left alone to choose who won since they were in the best position to know the difficulty of the Dunk. It makes perfect sense to me and I would trust who MJ, Dr. J and Dominique say deserves to win, than a random schmo or worse, your neighbor “Mang Jose.”
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