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This is a clear-cut case of sexual harassment
Why can’t zoologists leave Ivan the Gorilla alone? The poor guy is suffering from the same old expectations society always places on men. Produce, produce, produce. First, they put him in a cage with a couple of aggressive females who screamed at him and slapped him around. Understandably, Ivan wanted no part of them. Now they’ve put him in a cage with a milquetoast, docile galrilla while zoo humans leer through the bars hoping for some action from Ivan the Apprehensive. Ivan never asked for this. We say give Ivan back his old gig at the mall.
Base-Belle has been very, very good to Albert
Albert Belle is a big home run-hitting machine for the Cleveland Indians. He’s also the macho man who cussed out TV reporter Hannah Storm after the Tribe disappeared against Atlanta in the World Series last year. Thinking quickly, he said his tirade was aimed at all the reporters not just Storm. (Oh, that’s a lot better.) This year he got in trouble for intentionally hitting a photographer with a baseball. Also this year, he flattened a tiny second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers with a vicious forearm to the head. Originally, Belle was suspended for five games. Then it was reduced to three games, and now he will only be suspended for two games. It’s time the league and the union put Prince Albert back in the can.
We can laugh about it because we live here
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MEMO: The Hot Seat is an irreverent look at controversial issues in the news. The views expressed are those of the writer. Today’s Hot Seat was written by Scott Sines.