# It's a travesty to end someone's career over "chink in the armor" **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 21, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474 "2012-02-21T00:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![FixMyIgnorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474/361 "2012-03-30T18:54:06Z")
Anyone else reminded of this topic again with Santorum’s recent “nig” slip-up? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474/362 "2012-03-30T18:59:36Z")
Eh, that seems kind of different- partly because nobody is sure what Santo said or even what he was trying to say. People are weighing in in a thread in IMHO, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474/363 "2012-03-30T19:02:40Z")
Since this has been bumped, may as well throw in this [story](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-jeremy-lin-lunch-20120329,0,6027131.story), it appears Lin and Federico had lunch this week. Lin keeps impressing me by being a decent and classy guy. ---
**Author:** ![FixMyIgnorance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474/364 "2012-03-30T19:02:50Z")
It is different but the plausible-deniability aspect of it all rang similar to me. > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Since this has been bumped, may as well throw in this [story](http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-jeremy-lin-lunch-20120329,0,6027131.story), it appears Lin and Federico had lunch this week. Lin keeps impressing me by being a decent and classy guy. very interesting – thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-travesty-to-end-someones-career-over-chink-in-the-armor/613474.md?page=18)