Is this a joke?

[LokBuddha]

Please tell me it is, because I am confused http://justplaygo.com/index.php/JPG/comments/lee_changho_launches_his_singing_career

[Loons]

I would say, sadly (?), it does appear to be a hoax. Ticketmaster does not appear to be offering tickets, and the quote from Lee Sedol doesn't seem realistic (I assume. Maybe he does play a mean glockenspiel).

Further, I disbelieve that Park Junghwan is not (double negatives!) familiar with Sinatra.


I wanted to make a joke about how Lee Changho's "style" has changed since his early career, but I couldn't think of a good one.

[Toge]

Professional singing
World concert tour

[LokBuddha]

I can't even imagine Lee Sedol say WTF with his high pitch voice hahahhahhaha

[kokomi]

[LokBuddha]

Also is this also a joke? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZHluAq97Zg

Who makes Lee Sedol do this?? LOL he is so girly, both his voice and body language. I always imagine he has a killer type of voice.

[kokomi]

Also is this also a joke? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZHluAq97Zg

Who makes Lee Sedol do this?? LOL he is so girly, both his voice and body language. I always imagine he has a killer type of voice.

this is so hilarious....

[John Fairbairn]

Well, admins? It's ok to censor British English but it's fair game to allow people to mock someone's physical attributes?

[Monadology]

I can't speak for others but what's humorous to me about it is the contrast, as LokBuddha pointed out, between Sedol's stature as a Go player and his physical/vocal stature.

I don't see what's particularly offensive about that. Frankly, if in that video if it turned out he had the deep booming voice one would expect from a six foot man-you-don't-want-to-meet-in-a-dark-alley, it would have been just as funny given his build. If he were a giant muscular man who had a very soft gentle voice, it would also be funny.

[Kirby]

John has a point. Please refrain from calling others "girly", and otherwise making fun of a person's physical attributes.

[Joaz Banbeck]

[admin]

By engaging in public performances, Mr. Lee separates himself from the non-performing person.
It is a long established tradition in American law that those who deliberately and knowingly seek public audience, such as actors and politicians, are not subject to the same protections against ridicule.

I suggest that the same logic should apply on this forum. If Mr. Lee exibited laughable behavior at the goban through no fault of his own, and a forum member called undue attention to it, we admins might have cause to censor. But when he performs in public, if he gets laughed at, that is his problem.

-JB

EDIT: Actually, a small portion of Mr. Lee's go-playing activities probably do fall into the performance category. His games are often public. If members wish to say that his moves are laughable, they won't encounter admin disapproval either.

EDIT2: Correcting surname.

[/admin]

[kokomi]

Wow, so sensitive

If someone feels uncomfortable with it means he himself regards it as bad. When i said hilarious, it's just fun, nothing bad with it. politicial correctness, politiciall correctness, lol, that's another hilarious thing.

[deja]

It's no joke when Lee Changho sings Sinatra, as these guys can attest - http://justplaygo.com/index.php/JPG/a_slow_couple_of_days_on_the_news_front

For me, everything about Lee Sedol's demeanor says that he's a delightful, kind and gentle person. Of course his style of play is anything but kind and gentle.

[kokomi]

John has a point. Please refrain from calling others "girly", and otherwise making fun of a person's physical attributes.

As a non-native english speaker, i'd like to learn from you what is the equivalent non-negative english word of 'girly' that describes the same meaning?

[Monadology]

John has a point. Please refrain from calling others "girly", and otherwise making fun of a person's physical attributes.

As a non-native english speaker, i'd like to learn from you what is the equivalent non-negative english word of 'girly' that describes the same meaning?

Feminine.