Now this may come as a shock to some of you, but the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, enjoys smoking a stogie once in a while. I also hear rumors that he likes gambling and women as well. Who knew!?
(Photo courtesy of TMZ)
Apparently this is all news to the American Cancer Society, as they aren’t very pleased with some photos of His Airness that have recently surfaced. TMZ.com posted photos of Jordan playing in a softball game and smoking a cigar while doing so. Obviously, this just wasn’t something the ACS could let slip by.
From GAME ON:
The ACS fired off a letter from former president Cary Presant who said:
“When high profile athletes publicly display unhealthful habits they can mislead young people to emulate their behavior. According to the American Cancer Society tobacco use in this country is responsible for (one-third) of all cancers and remains the most preventable cause of death in our society. 8.6 million Americans suffer from chronic smoking-related disease. Since 1964 smoking has cause more than 12 million premature deaths in the U.S.”
First of all, why is the ACS using it’s former president to make this statement? Is the current president too busy trying to do something useful, like say, cure cancer? Or maybe Presant is acting as a lone wolf here, and just really misses his old job.
Whatever the reasoning behind this is, it’s idiotic. If Michael Jordan wants to smoke a cigar while playing softball, then Michael Jordan can smoke a cigar while playing softball. I don’t care what the children of America will think about it. It’s not like he’s doing so while giving a speech to a bunch of sixth graders. Are we going to follow him home and tell him he’s putting too much salt on his dinner too?
Besides, Jordan has been retired from the NBA for nearly five years now. Kids these days have an attention span of about 25 seconds, so most of them probably don’t even know who the hell Michael Jordan is, let alone want to emulate his smoking habits.
8:08 pm on September 3rd, 2008
The obove comment is almost right on. The only correction would be , kids only have an attention span of , maybe 10 seconds!. There are no parents anymore, just electronics. Unfortunatly, now a days, you only hear / read about the decent people in the news, in the colums of being killed by a drunk driver, or being shot, by gang members / thugs. I’m a white hard working american.Certain people need to read a recent statement from Bill Cosby…signed,,, old, a taxpayer ,and tired of all races, being lazy, thugs, scum.
2:15 am on September 4th, 2008
WTF!? Here Here B! Why doesn’t the ACS have a chill pill! Leave the man alone, it’s legal, and it’s his life!!!! (Whoa, I think I need a chill pill now, hehe, getting worked up here.)
I have an idea ACS, why don’t you go after the guy/gal who took the picture!
3:44 am on September 4th, 2008
RE:MarieMarie,obviously you arent a parent & you have no clue of how asinine your statement is you stupid bitch.I am a parent & I take a VERY active role in raising my 15 yr old son.If you’re gonna lump ALL parents into 1 group be prepared to face the consequences of your ignorant actions.Continued stupidity on your behave shall not be tolerated.Just coz your parents did a piss poor job of raising you does not give you the right to go & bash all parents.You sound like a rasict as well as uneducated.Making uninformed statements only shows exactly how pathetic you truly are.Since you are THE know-it-all of parenting why dont you write a book or better yet do an infomercial on how ALL parents should be raising THEIR children.Speaking on things that you truly have no inkling of only shows the rest of the world exactly how narrow-minded & stupid you are.Please do us all a favor & NEVER reproduce coz your offspring would only end up being a bigger sore on the ass of society than you are.Here’s a great tip for you-ENGAGE BRAIN BEFORE OPERATING MOUTH.
3:51 am on September 4th, 2008
Now,a comment on the article…..if Michael Jordan wishes to have a stogie ever so often then so what.He’s an adult.He can make life decisions for himself.I really wanna know what happened to our RIGHT to do what we want (as long as it’s legal) if that’s what makes us happy.I’m sick & f’n tired of having to be politically correct & not being able to say wtf I want just coz it could hurt somebody’s feelings.I grew up in the 70s & we had a lot thicker skin back then & we weren’t a bunch of cry baby pussies.It makes me sick that our Constitutional rights have been undermined by a bunch of idiots that are only looking out for themselves.It’s time we take back our Rights & acted like adults not a bunch of spoiled brats that go crying to mommy just coz we didnt get our way