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rocktivity

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1. Here's Martin's full quote:
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:43 AM
Feb 2012

Last edited Fri Aug 31, 2012, 07:03 PM - Edit history (1)

If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!

And here's his response:
...I made several cracks about soccer as I do all the time. I was not referring to sexuality directly or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad, and I'm sorry folks took it otherwise. It was meant to be a deliberately over the top and sarcastic crack about soccer; I do not advocate violence of any kind against anyone gay, or not. As anyone who follows me on Twitter knows, anytime soccer comes up during football season it's another chance for me to take a playful shot at soccer, nothing more.


And here's MY response:
No, Roland: you were neither talking about soccer nor "referring to sexuality directly or indirectly." You were referring to VIOLENCE directly by suggesting that there is something both unmanly and rightfully punishable about men liking the commercial!


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