# Skrooh you, Nike! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396 "2016-02-18T00:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/21 "2016-02-18T03:15:38Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Here’s a clue: one act or mistake doesn’t make a or un-make a man. Who doesn’t kill a lover every now and again? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/22 "2016-02-18T03:22:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Who is Pacquiao, and which comments are those? Manny Pacquiao is a professional boxing champion and a Philippine Congressman. [He said that people in gay relationships are worse than animals.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/boxing/2016/02/17/manny-pacquiao-nike-drops-anti-gay-comments/80511952/) ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/23 "2016-02-18T03:25:07Z")
I thought those asking what this was all about were just kidding. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/24 "2016-02-18T03:47:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let me get this straight: a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend is “your kind of guy”? And you admire him for caring so little about her that he killed her? **the\_diego** ’s idea of fun is to threaten girls with knives, so yeah a guy who murdered his girlfriend probably is his kind of guy. And his anti-gay bigotry is nothing new, he’s been spouting that since he first joined. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/25 "2016-02-18T03:56:03Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > I thought those asking what this was all about were just kidding. :smack: So just to be clear, your position is that Manny Pacquiao is a great guy, homophobia is A-OK, and Nike is the bad guy in this story; Is that about right? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/26 "2016-02-18T04:12:32Z")
Pretty much, although I don’t think it’s homophobia. In fact, I don’t even believe there’s such a thing. I sure am not scared of them. And yeah, he’s a great guy. He doesn’t beat up his wife, or spend his money in ridiculous ways. And he’s probably helped gays in our country much more than they realize. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/27 "2016-02-18T04:20:01Z")
Yeah, great guy. Cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes, using steroids, great guy. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/28 "2016-02-18T04:20:13Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > So just to be clear, your position is that Manny Pacquiao is a great guy, homophobia is A-OK, and Nike is the bad guy in this story; Is that about right? To add to that… murdering your girlfriend and cheating in your profession for huge gain, while running everyone else down in the process? Also a great thing. This guy has high ideas. HIGH ideas, I tells ya. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/29 "2016-02-18T04:23:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Yeah, great guy. Cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes, using steroids, great guy. What cheating on taxes? Submitting documents late? That wasn’t his fault. Can’t comment on the other forms of cheating, though. Paavo Nurmi probably did worse and they built him a statue. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/30 "2016-02-18T04:43:51Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Pretty much, although I don’t think it’s homophobia. In fact, I don’t even believe there’s such a thing. I sure am not scared of them. And yeah, he’s a great guy. He doesn’t beat up his wife, or spend his money in ridiculous ways. And he’s probably helped gays in our country much more than they realize. You Sir are dumb as a bag of hair. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/31 "2016-02-18T04:48:02Z")
Thanks. I need reminding, peasant. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/32 "2016-02-18T04:55:10Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Thanks. I need reminding, peasant. Is peasant supposed to be an insult? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/33 "2016-02-18T04:56:05Z")
How come you can’t tell? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/34 "2016-02-18T04:58:03Z")
Because it’s coming from you, so it’s probably a term of respect. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/35 "2016-02-18T04:59:11Z")
You seem to use it as an insult. I would not consider it so, do you? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/36 "2016-02-18T05:04:12Z")
Irrelevant then. But swerving back to the topic, Nike made a pure business decision. They sell intangibles as much as they do shoes. Dropping Pacquiao doesn’t make them a-holes. But screw them for their supposed beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/37 "2016-02-18T06:10:22Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > If I was the one, I’d feel honored to be treated the same as Lance Armstrong and Oscar Pistorius. They’re my kind of guys. Cheaters and murderers? O-Kaay, then… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/38 "2016-02-18T07:54:21Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > Thanks. I need reminding, peasant. Here’s a tip, one foreigner to another: class-based insults don’t work on Americans. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/39 "2016-02-18T08:03:29Z")
That’s why he asked. No harm done then? ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396/40 "2016-02-18T08:15:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Apparently the OP is upset that Pacquiao was fired by Nike for his anti-gay comments. Sounds like he’s butthurt that people can decide to not do business with idiots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skrooh-you-nike/746396.md?page=3)