Off Topic · Is Carmelo A "Thug"? (page 3)

martin wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

MooK wrote:This thread is sure to get someone banned...and no, Carmelo is not a thug. He's hood, but he's not a thug. There is a difference...

I'm not the first by any means to use the term "thug" on this forum. I just created a new thread to increase a discussion that had occurred in another thread about the character of a player who we've committed max dollars to for four years.

I donno bonn, without some setup and context and forethought, this is about the most useless way to start discussion.

Useless based on what criteria? Obviously not based on the amount of discussion it generated!

misterearl wrote:Mo' money, mo' resentment?

bonn1997 - Why are the max dollars connected to any perceived issues of character?

Solace wrote:Why would you make a thread like this? Are you implying the term thug is purely a racist term? Just would like to understand what the motivation was, because I'm not sure I get it.

It was an interesting discussion that started in the middle of another thread and I wanted to see what the actual thoughts of the forum were.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph...

1) As Tupac defined it, a thug is someone who is going through struggles, has gone through struggles, and continues to live day by day with nothing for them. That person is a thug. and the life they are living is the thug life. A thug is NOT a gangster. Look up gangster and gangsta. Not even CLOSE, my friend. "That boy ain't a gangsta, fo'sho'. Look at how he walks, he's a thug. life. That's the saddest face I've seen in all my life as a teen."
by thyung 2959 up, 836 down

2) To be a true thug doesnt mean wearing "bling", listening to rap and talking "black". Being a gangsta isn't superficial.. To be a true thug means you haven't had it good your whole life, and you intend to change that, and get out of the ghetto if thats where you are, you do whats right, you dont take shite from anyone, and stand up for your friends and dont let them take shit from anyone! You dont have to be a stereotypical "gangsta" to be a thug, a skater can be a thug, a nerd can be a thug, a hick can be a thug, a prep can be a thug, and old ass man can be a thug! So forget your stupid f--king stereotypes and thinking that everybody has to fit into one group, and be labeled. And i'll tell you what... Damn it feels good to be a gangster!
Tupac Shakur and Earl Simmons are true thugs.
by Zack Jackson 1755 up, 675 down

3) Someone who had nothing, and was nothing, and became something.
You can all call me a thug, but thats cause i was in the gutter, and im still here. - Tupac Shakur
by Eric Doll 1230 up, 719 down

Using # 1, he wouldn't be a thug...

Using # 2 & 3 he just might be one.

jimimou wrote:so is this old guy a thug or a gangsta or gangster?????? i'm sooo confused

he's a tough old guy.

Allanfan20 wrote:More like out of his mind.

why out of mind? because he defend himself?

jimimou wrote:so is this old guy a thug or a gangsta or gangster?????? i'm sooo confused

that camera guy should have a job at CNN covering the Middle East/North Africa revolts... that's crazy!

jimimou wrote:so is this old guy a thug or a gangsta or gangster?????? i'm sooo confused

as george carlin would say.. he's an old fuck.

TheloniusMonk wrote:Ok so...."tough" for a white guy, "thug" or "hood" for a black guy. Got it.

in the case of this video, ABSOLUTELY.

it's pretty hood to attack an old man. it's pretty tough for this old man to fight off a hood attacking him.

not a threat to the general public. that's the difference.