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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Now, this isn't to say this should be a regular thing; it probably shouldn't be our forward facing catch phrase, we shouldn't be singing it to sponsors, making team chants about it, etc. It can't become a huge meme like water games or corndogs that every 14 year old parrots to their grandmother (and I'm sure it will get out of hand, unfortunately). I really understand the points people like Andy Grady have been making about the speech and I don't disagree with them. But I genuinely appreciated such a refreshingly honest moment from this man, and I'm glad he was able to convey his awe and inspiration sincerely.
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+1 I think that his statement was one of, if not the most powerful statement I've heard off the cuff any where, any time. He was very obviously overwhelmed with emotion after mentioning that he had been to all of the other music awards and events--and this beats them all.
All that being said, I feel that
Chris is me is 110% correct. It was only powerful in context at that moment in time. Tee shirting or bumper stickering the statement will be only a cheap excuse for a gratuitous foul language op. Constantly using the phrase because
he said it, will diminish its value. I think that leaving it in the moment will give us powerful memories
One of our team members thought that a tee shirt would be cool. Yeah, those words taken completely out of context will have the same effect of walking naked through a church full of elderly people and expecting them to appreciate the beauty of the human form.