Standard Message #: 405
Subject: Tonya
From:
Brad,
35 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @7:56 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding well what can you say about her I mean everything has already been said at least a thousand times. I like her she has guts I will give her that. I have to say that after the last 911 call that was made by her boyfriend she is tough too. She thinks quick on her feet I mean how many women would have thought to pick up a hub cap and nail a guy in the face with it not many. I am glad that she has started to make a come back though and I hope that the whole 911 thing will not hurt that. She is tough and high spirted and that is what skating needs that is what America needs. Thank you Tonya for giving us what we need.
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Standard Message #: 404
Subject: tonya's interest can save all
From:
Scooter,
23 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @6:46 PM pacific time
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I agree Tonya like everyone deserves a second chance. However I think it is odd that her second chance came and went by use of a hubcap. I thin kshe had more talent than most of the other figure skaters and I still think she could do well if the spotlight wasnt as bright as it is on her interesteing past. THen again who hasnt made mistakes and to be honest her mistakes are fun to listen to and make jokes aboutso leno would be unemployed if it werent for tonya. so we all owe tonya a bit of graditude. My hats off to you tonya! I still love ya!
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Standard Message #: 403
Subject: Let Tonya Skate Again
From:
Gilbert,
43 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @6:09 PM pacific time
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No matter what you think of Tonyas personal life you cannot forget her skating abilities whichat their bestbettered that Kerrigan woman by far. Its a shame she was under so much pressure during the Olympics that her performance was subpar. Dont forget she was the firstand perhaps the onlywoman to complete a triple axel in competition. I believe she should be allowed to skate professionally again; she should not be denied her ability to make a living because of her personal life and a crime to which she cannot be legally connected. Personally I believe her. She may have found out later but she knew nothing about the attack until after the event. Perhaps it wasnt smart to cover it up but when you think about the stakes would you have done differently Let Tonya come back to skating!!!
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Standard Message #: 402
Subject: Tonya
From:
badboy,
36 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @4:53 PM pacific time
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I think Tonya is a girl who made some bad decisions and got hooked up with the wrong guy. She needs to get a real manager begin her career again and shell be in the money very soon. She has talent shes very good looking has a great body and could go far and make a nice living for herself if she applies her talent and hard work that got her into the olympics. the thing that kills me about her is she had it all and let some other people tell her what to do what to think and how to go about getting the things she wanted. Her ex husband is some piece of work and will pay the price in the end.
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Standard Message #: 401
Subject: Environment is a factor
From:
Sympathetic,
38 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @2:33 PM pacific time
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Tough call to make on someone that has taken so much abuse. Her childhood environment may not have been ideal for what led to a life in the public eye. Not everyone is equipped to handle all the fame and publicity that is thrown at them especially at such a young age. Without the proper background it can only lead to trouble as many childhood actors and actresses have faced. I believe she has made some bad judgements but you can cast the first stone without looking at our own faults first. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. although some well placed advice would go a long way. Treatment and rehabilitation can cure what ales many and this may be a golden opportunity for the proper care!
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Standard Message #: 400
Subject: give Tonya a second chance
From:
Thomas,
32 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @1:34 PM pacific time
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I disagree with message #2377 to a certain extent. I am not one to pass judgement on someone else prematurely. I feel that everyone deserves a second chance to redeem themselves. I also do not believe in crime without punishment. Tonya was involved in an incident that resulted in a physical injury to another person. This is not the type of behavior that is easily overlooked in any society. I feel that a second chance must be earned by another individual through an honest and sincere effort to change that which has landed that person in the situation he or she faces. I do not feel that we as a society should hand out second chances based primarily on a persons wealth fame or position in life even though we frequently do. When a person has worked to make a real change in their life it then becomes up to that persons peers to encourage that change and then truly forget the past.
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Standard Message #: 399
Subject: Tonya
From:
Jeff G,
35 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @1:30 PM pacific time
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I have to say that my approval of Tonya is somewhat tainted. I think that she is a pretty hot looking woman although obviously hotblooded as well. For a figure Skater she has great upper body muscle tone. Most Figure skaters are pretty slight or thin. I actually tuned into the last skating event that she was in on TV maybe out of the hype type of curiousity that seems to surround her. But Ive always had some difficulty equating the nervous giddy Tonya I see in the interviews with the same woman who is Notorious in the news. Take away the past history that is in the press and shes just a very fit good looking woman.
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Standard Message #: 398
Subject: give Tonya a second chance
From:
Keith Richards,
33 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @11:17 AM pacific time
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I think Tonya Harding should get a second chance.Not knowing her personallyit is hard to say if she really is a bad person or notbut I do not believe she is.She certainly suffered from poor judgementand that is something she can overcome if she really wants to.Look around the sports worldhow many athletes have been given at least a second chance and continue to blow them only to be given more chances How many times has Darryl Strawberry been in trouble for cocaineyet he is always allowed to play again after a slap on the wrist And he never shows any sign of trying to change himself. I think Tonya has tried to changeor at least she has tried to change the publics opinion of her and for this I think she deserves another chance.
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Standard Message #: 397
Subject: GOLD MEDAL LOST FOREVER, MAYBE
From:
STEPHEN,
49 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @10:10 AM pacific time
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Tonya has surely lost her chance at receiving what she most coveted the GOLD MEDAL in FIGURE SKATING. But all may not be lost. She surely has god knows how many fans that still appreciate what she gave to figure skating and the talent she displayed on the ice was and is exceptional. She still is a great athlete and I think has the competitive spirit to excel in anything she decides to do in that regard. She should stick with what she does best Figure Skating whether it be professional or just appearing for skating exhibitions for pay. Sure she will never hold that coveted GOLD MEDAL for FIGURE SKATING in the Olypmpics but she still can hold the GOLD MEDAL her fans give her.
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Standard Message #: 396
Subject: Don't judge, lest you be judged
From:
Mike J,
30 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @6:58 AM pacific time
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I have watched with enduring curiosity the rise and fall of Tonya Hardings illustrious career. To me Tonya has always semed to be someone who had the ability to be among the elite of the skating world someone who could have had it all: the fame the money the stardom. She certainly had the poise and beauty. What she seemed to lack however was the strength of character to stay on track and to stay focused on her dream. Allowing herself to fall in with characters who cared less for her than for themselves became her undoing. Whether because of a lack of proper parenting or a poor choice of adult role models Tonya ended up falling off her star. Perhaps if she had met the right person someone who would have loved her and guided her and provided the moral compass that she was so dearly missing things would have been different. Perhaps she would have gotten that gold medal and the happiness that she deserved. It was great seeing her try recently to overcome her past and reenter the skating world that she loves so much. But then yet again she stumbled. I guess its about over for Tonya at least for her dream of skating glory. I wish her nothing but the best and long for the opportunity to see her on the ice again. Oh well at least we have the videos
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Standard Message #: 395
Subject: Happy days
From:
Brian West,
62 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @4:09 AM pacific time
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Tonya reminds me of those long lost days when I was a young lecher and spent my evenings lusting after the firm young flesh of the skaters at my local ice rink. There is something really special with skaters the firm backside the perfect legs and the hint or promise of possibly seeing more. Physical perfection and as time goes by the attire become more exotic and hopefully briefer. Tonya is a great skater who we dont see enough off :) whichever piece or water one lives by lets have some more action what about a Tonya movie or an interactive website.
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Standard Message #: 394
Subject: Tonya Harding
From:
Joe Perna,
30 yrs
Date:
Monday, April 10, 2000 @12:46 AM pacific time
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I think Tonya Harding is a babe. The whole country has the wrong impression of this fantastic woman. She is an incredible athelete and fans such as myself want to see more her in the public. Tonya received bad advice and as a result ended up in a bad situation that most likely could have been avoided if she had better council. Its too bad the public only focused and projected blame on her. The skating world actually owes her a debt of gratitude as her situation actually raised the profile of skating in America. Everyone was talking about her and skating. I wish Tonya the best and hope she can turn things around and possibly profit from this whole thing.
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Standard Message #: 392
Subject: tonya harding
From:
cakes,
23 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @11:05 PM pacific time
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I have watched the career of Tonya harding for many many years now. I feel like a million years have passed since that time in 1994 when the whole entire world seemed to revolve around a couple of skaters and a whole bunch of their backwoods redneck friends. Years have passed but the intensity that the press shows in covering the lives of these 2 (Kerrigan and Harding) people has never gone away In the end all you have is a girl who wanted to win so badly that she felt she had only a drooling mouth breather to turn to. Now bring on the porn!!!
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Standard Message #: 391
Subject: Tonya's role in the Nancy Kerigan p
From:
frederick,
41 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @10:46 PM pacific time
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Harding is the victim of what society breeds anyone of any type of celebrity status. Once she put herself in position to be casual source of talk around home or at the office she became a target for attack (deserving or not). It is hard not to become judgemental when you talk about someone as though they are someone you know. But when the talk becomes critical to the point that lives are ruined then we as a society has gone too far. We are not gods and have no right to lay judgement on someone we really know only through tv and newspaper reports. Tonya is a victim of wanting the gold at the end of the rainbow. History has proven that notoriety can bring about wealth beyond the normal persons imagination. What she did to Nancy Kerigan whether she was a part of it first hand or not is still a responsibilty she must live with. As a celebrity she has the responibility to live the straight and narrow or pay the consequences. She knows as does every person on the front cover of the national enquirer that every move she makes will be caught on camera or written up in the newspapers. The future for Harding seems to be a little brighter but time will tell.
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Standard Message #: 390
Subject: The only time I ever saw Tonya in p
From:
molalla_guy,
48 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @10:44 PM pacific time
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I think Tonya has made some bad life choices and probably has not had anyone in her life to help her make solid choices or to know how to make good decisions. I have only seen her in person once. I was coming home on the bus on evening through the Hilltop area of Oregon City. I was sitting in the front of the bus looking out the front window as we got close to Clackamas Community College. I saw a pickup truck coming the opposite direction and recognized the driver as Tonya just at about the same time as she hung a tirescreeching Uturn right in front of the bus! The bus driver was able to hit the brakes and avoid hitting her but I thought
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Standard Message #: 389
Subject: My opinion on Tonya harding
From:
jordan balicki,
24 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @10:04 PM pacific time
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Hi my name is Jordan Balicki Im just another average joe from canda wishing to speak about Tonya HardingI beileve that she is a very underrated woman with an exelent body. Not only did she prove that she could figure skate she proved to be good at making love. I would really like to see her making love for reasons like ever since the first time I seen her figure skate I thought she abselutly stunning and the get a chance at seeing her make love I feel I just cannot pass up on the oppurtunity. I really hope this message will work in letting me se her make love but if not st least I tried my best. Thank you Jordan balicki
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Standard Message #: 388
Subject: Tonya Harding
From:
Joe,
33 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @8:43 PM pacific time
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Tonya is one hell of an athlete and I do agree with people when they say the thing with Karagan was blown way out of preportion. I mean when it first happened it was a shocker but after the months of publicity it got I was so sick and tiered of hearing about it. All the jokes and lame comments really pissed me off because it was a mistake and it needed to be put behind in the past. I mean when Tyson bit Holyfeild it was a big deal but it went away really quickly but we still hear about this incident. People need to lay off and realize Tonya is a great person and deserves better than that.
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Standard Message #: 387
Subject: olympics
From:
billy,
28 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @8:28 PM pacific time
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Although I personally do like her whether you do or not does not take from the fact that you must admire her commitment ot a goal. I mean this is a woman who paid money to another so that he would go kneecap a rival just so she could represent her country in the olympics. Sure there are hundreds of athletes al over the world who go through rigorous training regimines daily and who take he right path to the olympics and the fact is that there was a very shot she could have made it anyway but she didnt let it fall into the hands of any judge she took it upon herself to eliminate the competition. Very machiavellian of her really. I just find it perplexing that noone else has ever following through on it before. I mean youcant tell me that millions of others havent had the same thought run through their head Thanks for listening.
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Standard Message #: 386
Subject: Tonya's likeness to my wife
From:
Keith43,
43 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @6:35 PM pacific time
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What are you complaining about you asshole! If your wife looks kike Tonya then just go home and fuck her hard like I would if she was mind! If you were half a man you'd shut the fuck up and enjoy what you have. What if you had no fucking woman I dont understand why people like you get so upset and offended by another mans comments about how they would love to be with your woman. If being with her is so tuff then dump her and go to the nearist gay bar to get yourself a man! You are an ASSHOLE! I hope that the people that are in charge of letting people in to see Tonya naked NEVER let you in!!
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Standard Message #: 384
Subject: Tonya - victim of circumstance?
From:
phil,
25 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @5:59 PM pacific time
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After reading the various opinions on Tonya I tend to agree with the popular beliefs that circumstances played a large part in Tonyas life and her subsequent publicity. What would Tonya being doing now if she had never met her husband Would she be proclaimed as one of the greatest skaters of all time In saying all this though everyone has their own willpower and no matter how much pressure was being applied Tonya still had the ultimate responsibilty for all her actions. The ultimate test for Tonya is how she can overcome all obstacles in her life and regain the respect of the world. It will be difficult but not impossible. I present this submission for approval.
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Standard Message #: 383
Subject: Tonya Helped
From:
Terry,
36 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @5:37 PM pacific time
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First of all I would like to say I think Tonya is a very nice looking person. I think what she did to Nancy was wrong but in the same way it helped fugure skating. Before this happened I never watched figure skating before. Which I think goes for a lot of people but after the attack people started watching it to see what was going on in this sport. Really she more or less helped the sport out with veiwers. I am not trying to say she did the attack but being a part of the over all picture did help. Having one staker after another skater made people want to watch. The only thing I hope that comes out of all this is people need to learn winning at all cost is a bad way to go into any sport first people need to learn to have fun.
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Standard Message #: 382
Subject: Threesome
From:
Jill,
29 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @5:21 PM pacific time
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Tonya I have seen pictures of you skating. I thought I could get together with you and your husband or current boyfriend so he can skate between my legs while I sit up and do a figure eight. You can watch and join in after he wears me out. If you prefer you can wear me out and then let me watch you do his icicle. Maybe later I could take his cool cucumber and melt it in my luscious mouth. I will be so hot that when you put ice on me it would instantly turn to steam. Maybe you and I can make the ice turn to hot water that I would love to be in with you.
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Standard Message #: 381
Subject: tonya harding
From:
ca33rich,
28 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @4:33 PM pacific time
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I want her! Any way any time any how. She is the sexiest woman on the face of the planet. I would give her my house my car my money anything she wants. She is one tough lady that appeals to me. She has been dealt with differently with the media that anyone I know. We all have faults but hers make news. She is the object of scorn for most of the liberal media who certainly do not want someone looking into every tiny facet of thier lives. Remember the the smoking gun and the expose they did on her domestic violence Whell so what if she had een drinking. She was on her own land and it was a private matter spread all over the internet for no reason. Leave her alone and let her make a living in peace.
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Standard Message #: 380
Subject: Access
From:
Bodo,
35 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @4:25 PM pacific time
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Well for me as a german it´s difficult to write a message that will pass your standards of quality but I´ll do my best. I think Tonya´s husband didn´t have any problems to get access to her or did he also had to write some messages before he was allowed to see her naked :) I wonder how many celebs make some videos when they´re fucking perhaps I should look for a candid camera before I go to bed tonight I´ll tell my wife to do a good job just as Tonya did (). I hope she is a good mistress because she was a poor skater . let´s discover her real qualities!
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Standard Message #: 379
Subject: Tonya Harding
From:
ray,
32 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @3:46 PM pacific time
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I have no idea if my message will be accepted or not I was going to exit the web page but I decided to say how I feel about Tonya Harding. I know some of Tonyas distant family distant meaning that they do not stay in contact with Tonya. Her own family even has to talk bad about her I agree that Tonya has made some rather interesting choices in the past but nobody is perfect.
I find other web sites that talk about Tonyas fight with her boyfriend and they really critisize her. Domestic Violence is a strong problem to our soceity and I am not saying that I agree with violence. But would Tonya have made the media if she was not Tonya Harding and just a citizen. Media lives off of incidents like this and it is too bad for people like Tonya Harding to have to suffer at the medias expense. Tonya is attractive and smart young lady. She must have some talant to make it to the Olympics it is just asshame that she let it get to her head and have to result to her actions.
I wish the best for Tonya I understand that her family lives around the Pacific Northwest but maybe she should try a fresh start somewhere she will not be reconized as easy as she is in Portland. I will give this web site credit most of the time you just enter a web site not even thinking how the person you are writing about feels. This site makes the writer stop and think of how hisher words might affect others. Thank You I really enjoyed you site.
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Standard Message #: 378
Subject: Pushing the envelope
From:
Dodger,
36 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @3:04 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding is representitive of what makes America such a great country. Tonya shows us that it is okay to express our emotions while under the watchful eye of the public. Tonya shows us that hard work and persistence can achieve your dreams. She also shows us that you never let other people tell you how to behave and how to act. Just be yourself and you will never go wrong! When other people tried to stand in her way she would press on. When the media would pile on her she would press on. An ordinary person could not of handled it. It takes very special people to push the envelope. Tonya is one of those special people. Tonya keep being yourself!
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Standard Message #: 377
Subject: Believe in Tonya
From:
troylee454,
31 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @2:18 PM pacific time
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Tonya has gotten a bad wrap from all of the negative publicity that the media as portrayed on her. I think she just got in with the wrong crowd (her husband), that the media as given her such bad publicity that she will never be able to enter society in a proffesional manner. The news and media will say what ever it takes to sale newspapers or get what they want accross as there opinion. It's a damn shame that someone cant sue a company without going broke or gettig nothing out of it because of the lawyers getting so much. I believe that her husband and body guard caused most of her troubles that will stay wiht her forever. I wish the best for her and her family and I know everything will turn out good for her in the future.
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Standard Message #: 376
Subject: Tony the athlete
From:
ajama,
37 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @2:09 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding has a great physique and is a world class athlete. Just on her athletism alone she could be competive at what ever sport she chose to pursue. However to be the best in your sport you must also have the proper mind set for your sport. Skating with its need for elegance grace and precision moves requires controlled addrelineemotions. It appears that Tonya does not have that control. She would have been better suited for a sport such as hockey soccer boxing or wrestling. She is a bundle of fire with a fierce competiveness. Great qualities. I am a Tonya Harding fan and hope to see her more in some more movies. Maybe if we are lucky the WWF will sign her and we can watch her kick Chynas ass.
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Standard Message #: 375
Subject: Tonya Harding
From:
Blue Knight,
55 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @10:58 AM pacific time
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I like Tonya Harding ever since see her in competion before the Olympics. I cheered her on and felt that she could do the job without any outside help. I was impressed as she worked her way to the top without money from family. She had the support of her friends and fans and I was particularly moved when someone made a costume for her to wear at the Olympics to show their support. She is always fun to watch and puts on an exciting program. I like the way she smiles and seems to really enjoy her skating. I have seen her on some of her interviews and recently on a Television special skating. She is still the one to watch. Keep up the good work Tonya.
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Standard Message #: 374
Subject: Lost Talent
From:
Houston,
35 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @10:13 AM pacific time
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It is too bad that a great deal of talent is lost in this world for want of a little courage. Every day unknown men and women are timidly sent to their graves because they did not make an effort to fully use their talents. Those such as Tonya would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame. The fact is that to do anything in the world worth doing we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. Tonya should have made it very clear to her family and friends that she was perfectly capable of succeeding on her own merits and superb talents without the need for violence. Now we have a lost talent that most likely will never be expressed.
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Standard Message #: 373
Subject: Celebrity sex
From:
FredX,
35 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @7:57 AM pacific time
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This website makes me wonder why it is that were so interested in celebrities having sex. By the way this is not intended as a criticism Im just as subject to the allure of celebrity sex as any of you. I just dont understand why.
Theres lots of sex on the Net. You can look at a photo of a couple fucking and youll say hmmm thats nice. But then if the couple in the photo is identified as someone famous suddenly its an *extraordinary* photo! And nothing about the photo has changed at all.
This makes absolutley no sense to me but as I say Im just as much under the spell of celebrity sex as the rest of you.
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Standard Message #: 372
Subject: Tonya, nature vs. nurture
From:
Juan Gonzolez,
21 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @7:13 AM pacific time
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Miss Tonya greatly perhaps one of the most athletic skaters of all time. Pity she didnt take the guidance offered and become a superstar. Truley a tragic tale. Her story really leads to the nature vs. nurture arguments and if genetics really play a role in personal outcome. Even though she had the physical gifts to be great did her upbrining in esentially a white trash backgroud lead to her downfall If she had been brought up in a good household whould she have been the greatest skater of all time. Probably she lacked the loving nurturing upbrining that all great people require with a wonder parent she might have been another Katerina witt or peggy flemming. At least becasue of her tragic ending she wont be forogotten like other forgettable skater; ie tiffinay chin elaine zayak etc.
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Standard Message #: 371
Subject: Great Skating, Great Physique
From:
erict,
42 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @6:17 AM pacific time
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I think that she is a great skater with great potential to reach professional stardom but during the quest for success impatience set in and caused her and her husband to try to force her success and create an imminent victory through a criminal act where said victory most likely would have been hers anyway. Being a beautiful even voluptious lady if Tonya had relied on her talent and appearance she could quite possibly have risen to unimaginable heights by now. It is quite possible that she did not have the proper support from her husband. The right man behind her would have loved moulded and guided her in the right directions steering her away from obvious mistakes and foolishness. I personally would have given her better love support and guidance.
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Standard Message #: 370
Subject: Tonya Harding-Good For Skating
From:
JC Laxaugue,
27 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @4:56 AM pacific time
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I think Tonya Harding was good for the sport of skating because not only was she a charasmatic figure in the sport but she was also a controversial figure as well. After the incident with Nancy a lot of people were curious to find out about what makes figure skaters tick. Before Tonya Harding the sport was very bland and the skaters were just names and faces. But after the arrival and departure of Miss Harding the sport will never again be the same. I would love to see Tonya Harding return to figure skating and Im sure millions of other fans would want her back also.
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Standard Message #: 369
Subject: Tonya’s impact
From:
racerj,
24 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @2:57 AM pacific time
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Tonyas impact on the sport of figure skating his been good to say nothing of here methods. Shes helped bring it out of the dart ages so to speak and placed it in the public eye. Witch intern has drawn a much bigger audiences on TV and attendance at ice shows. Have ever I do believe it was unfair to ban her from competition. After all she has to make a living to and she has spent her life in the prsute of this dream then to have 2 or 3 people just say no you cant skate for us any more is not rite.
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Standard Message #: 368
Subject: Tonya and her ego
From:
JPowley,
41 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @1:15 AM pacific time
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Tonya although she is attractive she is a vicious person who is only concerned bout herself. Maybe she should have whacked Nancy Kerrigan with her new husbands hard meat at least the two of them may have become aroused. Tonyas problem is: you can not reason with a moron and as such she would not listen to reason. She wanted what she wanted and who got hurt did not matter. Had she jumped Nancy Kerrigan (and who knows they both may have enjoyed it) she would not have found herself in trouble with the law however Ellen Degeneres may have shown up saying lesbe friends and the less said about that the better. Now miss skater may have attacked Miss Kerrigan out of sexual jelousy Lord only knows why maybe Nancys outfit showed more crack. With Tonya that would do it. Maybe Nancys boobs were bigger I do not know. Maybe Nancy rejected Tonya in the shower (Ill leave that to your imagination)and mine too by the way. Maybe Tonya wanted to convert Nancy because she wanted her to be hurt with something long hard and stiff something that she would remember. (Which makes me wonder about Nancy). But who knows right Tonya is a sexual freak. God bless that attitude. It helps to define the decline of decency honour (Canadian spelling) and the pursuit of orgasms which we all pursue. Tonya is in effect everyones whore and would any of you toss her out of bed for being agressive I think not.
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Standard Message #: 367
Subject: Return to skating
From:
brunssen,
22 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @12:31 AM pacific time
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Impressions should be forgotten. I am a firm believer that all should not carry the burden of past circumstances. Life is nothing more then a series of moments. How you live in each of those moments determines the person you are later on in life. To get the best out of those moments requires the ability to be indifferent to them. Reason being if one enters a situation or moment if you like and they are carrying the burden of past failures then they are naturally not going to get the most out of them. As far as Tonya being wrong if she even did have any part in that past moment is of no importance to me. I will always see her a victim to this day many people hold the same belief. Tonya has moved on with her life a life that doesnt have her first love figure skating. While Nancy has the advantage being able to skate everyday and make a living from it. From the casual spectator Nancy looks to be in hell caught in the past moment. Tonya has moved on and in the process learned how to be indifferent. I wonder whos happier now Tonya no doubt.
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Standard Message #: 366
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
matchstick,
33 yrs
Date:
Sunday, April 09, 2000 @12:04 AM pacific time
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I disagree with the notion expressed numerous times of late and in the post to which I reply that Tonya is living a white trash existence after leaving the realm of amateur figure skating. Apparently she teaches figure skating to little kids at a shopping mall in Portland Oregon. Sure she may drive a big truck live in a manufactured home (who the heck really knows where she lives) play video poker by night in smoky bars wield hubcaps and pound whisky. Who doesnt yield to such occasional temptations Tonya has been a truly talented athlete over the last several years and one hopes she may resurrect something of a career yet if not in skating perhaps in law she can save in legal fees for her next foray into the justice system!
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Standard Message #: 365
Subject: just my opinon
From:
dfr,
42 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @11:32 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding has blown every opportunity she has had in life up to this point. It is sad that her only claim to fame is what she and her exhusband did to another skater. Since then the only time we see her in the news is when she goes on another drunken rampage in her white trailer trash life. We can look at other scandalous individuals such as Monica Lewinsky or Vanessa Williams and see that they were able to take huge set backs and turn them into success. Tonya seems to have addictions that are holding her back probably the best offer she has had of late is to get on the WWF. By doing so she may earn enough money to get herself out of her pitiful life.
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Standard Message #: 364
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
Kodiak,
25 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @9:59 PM pacific time
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I have to agree with you that Tonya was a good looking woman. However I believe her lifestyle has made her age beyond her years. What I cant understand is why there are so many people still arguing over what she did Maybe I missed something but I thought she was found guilty It broke up her marriage sent her friends too prison. Why so she could skate at the olypics. Well As far as her skating ability.I watched her fall down during the Olympics and I belive I have seen her once since then (She fell down there also)and lets just say I was far from impressed. She has gone from a beutiful Olypic skater to white trash american.
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Standard Message #: 363
Subject: Why does she blow it all the time?
From:
Jim b,
29 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @9:18 PM pacific time
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Sometimes you have to feel sorry for Tonya then other times you just cant understand her. Just when it seems she has her life turned around she does something to mess it up. Last I heard she assualted her boyfriend I beleive she is a wonderfull person who needs to control her temper. I also hope she can still teach figure skating and keep some of her dreams alive. It seems most of the problems from the past have not been forgoten and people especailly the media will never let go and forgive her for what she and her exhusband has done. I beleive it was mostly her exhusband causing all of the horror in her life. Once she learns to control her temper she will become a beutiful well rounded young lady.
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Standard Message #: 362
Subject: Bad manners
From:
George Adams,
33 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @8:47 PM pacific time
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I have a hard time warming up to Tonya as her antics before the Olympics seem to be in caracter with her earlier behaviour when she and her mother would be buying stretch fabric at the local outlet store in Portland. Tonya was then an up and coming star and let everybody know how important she was. My understanding is she was very rude to the staff so rude in fact that even before the Olympic fiasco she was disliked imensly by local Porland store clerks! Knowing this about her makes me understand how when threatened for the crown by Nancy Karrigan she would go to the length and sanction the action her compatriots carried out. Her attemps at a come back have been pittyful!!!
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Standard Message #: 361
Subject: Tonya is beatiful
From:
Wasssssup,
19 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @8:27 PM pacific time
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I think that Tonya Harding is one of the most beatiful people in the entire world and I would give anything to see her naked and actually having sex. I would prefer for her to have sex with me but if that can not happen then I would just like to watch.
I do not approve of her taking out Nancy Kerrigan but what the hell can you do I do not think that I would ever do that but because Tonya did it it is ok. I really just want to watch her fuck the shit out of her husband. She has got an unbelievable body and I would really like to see her naked and fucking someone.
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Standard Message #: 360
Subject: TONYA VS NANCY
From:
RANDAL WAYNW,
46 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @8:12 PM pacific time
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I APPROVE OF TONYA MORE THAN I APPROVE OF NANCY. TONYA IS MORE REAL SHES MORE AMERICAN SHE WONT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. NANCY IS A SPOILED CRYBABY. TONYA IS ALSO MORE INTERESTING AND FUN! SHE REMINDS ME OF A GREAT NUMBER OF MY FRIENDS. YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH HER BUT AT LEAST SHES NOT BORING. SHES OBVIOUSLY A TREMENDOUS COMPETITOR AND IS WILLING TO KICK ASS TO GET HER WAY. THAT IS THE ATTITUDE THAT AMERICA WAS FOUNDED UPON. WHILE SHES NOT PERFECT NEITHER IS AMERICA AND I LIKE BOTH EQUALLY WELL. NANCY ON THE OTHER HAND IS NOT A PERSON I WOULD HANG WITH BECAUSE SHE IS TOO PRISSY.
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Standard Message #: 359
Subject: Tonya needs to get a life
From:
MindWatcher,
29 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @7:59 PM pacific time
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As the message that Im replying we can say that the life of Tonya Harding is a complete failure not only of the ways that she tried to gain fame and to succeed (always by the back door) which makes her story a real sad one since she has the talent probably not much but enough in order to gain a position in National Ice Skating (US) Unfortunatly the only times that she had the oppotunity she has managed a way it to screw it. Unlike the message that Im replying I dont believe that Tonya winning Money is her solution (I dont believe in money been the solution to anything in fact most of the time is the problem) but rather she needs to rethink her life her private life (she obviously didnt manage to think that a Private VideoTape of her and her exhusband will surf) but that in many ways tell us the kind of person that she is unthoughfull without any regard to the future trying to gain most in the least time. But she needs to act fast simply because she doesnt have the same agility that she once had. Hope sincerally that she may evolve into a better person from the experience that she had and dont simply become a old lady with dreams of the things that she could have became blaming on everyone her failures.
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Standard Message #: 358
Subject: appearance on fox
From:
stephen a ,
23 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @7:45 PM pacific time
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I could not agree moreher appearance was shameful..she deserves everything that has happened to her!!! I realize that Tonya had a hard life but there is no excuse for what her and her cohorts did. And if you say that she had no knowledge of what was happening around her than you are as bad as she is. As for her appearance on FOX it was all about the payday. Not that I blame her because its not like the endorsement deals are pouring in. To her credit I never was interested in figure skating until she came on the scene and now I watch figure skating all the time. I wish Tonya better success in what life throws her way.
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Standard Message #: 356
Subject: Being stupid
From:
swnace,
49 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @6:59 PM pacific time
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Well lets see. I actually have some sympathy for the little darlin. I guess when you dedicate your life to a dicipline and want to be on top sooo much that you would do anything.
I mean anything to win I can see smackin that babe up side the head to have her knocked out of the competition. I dont condone that sort of behavior mind you I can just see her with the attitude she had about winning at any cost foing that. Or to be more accurate having it done for her.
As to her getting caught I think that everything changes when you get caught. All of a sudden your sorry and you didn't mean it. But hey thats what you get for doing stupid stuff.
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Standard Message #: 355
Subject: too bad for Tonya
From:
John Smith,
30 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @5:58 PM pacific time
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Its too bad for Tonya that she cant be recognized for the true sportsman that she is. I havent seen too many skaters go out there and skate with all the heart and guts that Tonya does. She is also a very powerful skater and its a shame to keep that from the skating world. I would have liked to have seen her pull off a quad during a competition. That would have been great. After all how many sketers can say that they pulled off a triple during a competition As far as her personal life It should remain just that; personal. I hope that she doesnt give up hope and keep trying to get back into skating. I miss watching her do her stuff! Hey every sport has to have the bad guy or girl right Tonya was definitely the bad girl of skating but she was cool doing it.
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Standard Message #: 354
Subject: I resemble Tonya Harding
From:
mina,
27 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @5:48 PM pacific time
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Geez Tonya Harding is my *idol*! I look just like her! No really check out my webpage :users.ev1.net~mina. I even have a boyfriend named Jeff!
I have to say that I agree with Tonyas motivations and that I think she's a really strong person. Who else could have survived what shes been through I mean Im not even white trash and I can relate!
I just have to see Tonya naked! I mean I weigh about twenty pounds more than her so I need to see what I would look like if I lost the weight. What better reason is there than that
Thats all I have to say and I hope you let me see the pictures. Write if you like and let me know if you think I look like Tonya! I cant skate but I can tap dance. I hope I wrote 100 words lt;shruggt;.
Mina
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Standard Message #: 352
Subject: Skating popularity
From:
Joshua M. Lamers,
24 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @3:39 PM pacific time
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The wedding night video and the Nancy Kerrigan incident helped Tonya to achieve her 15 minutes of fame. The vast majority of figure skaters never make a dent in the American spotlight. Americans dont appreciate the athleticism and skill of skaters. In much the same way that professional wrestling has good characters and bad characters Tonya became the villain for professional figure skating. Figure skating needs this diversity of characters to attract the casual viewer. Ice skating will always have a core group of fans but in order to compete with other more mainstream sports skating needs to have something to draw the casual viewer in. Tonya Harding has the kind of Dennis Rodman bad boy persona to draw people to figure skating who would not watch otherwise.
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Standard Message #: 351
Subject: Return to skating
From:
rob1,
54 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @3:18 PM pacific time
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I don't believe that she should have been able to return to skating at any time. The bad impression that was given to skating because of the Nancy incident is enough by itself. Then add to it the fact that Tonya tried to say that she did not know anything about anything that went on or anybody that was involved. All this and the evidence says that she had to know and that she even took part in planning it. How can the skating officials allow this skater to return to a sport that she does not have any respect for. Another reason is that she does not have or did not have any confidance in her skating ablilty and the only way she could beat Nancy was to keep her out of the competition.
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Standard Message #: 350
Subject: what a ride!
From:
billy,
25 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @3:16 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding Olympic hopeful tragicaly ends her own dreams and her countrys. I found it hard to believe that she really put herself willingly in a position such as hers. There is no doubt it my mind she was a strong and gifted competetor her record and Olympic acceptance speaks for itself. It is tragic that by outside influences; her husband mother and socitial pressures not to forget the blasphimus media that she in a sense lost everything she worked and dreamed. I dont condone her involvement in the assault but it was her pyschcotic husband and friend that were the ends to her means. I beleive if she had one good friend and supportive mother not dominearing she would have succeeded in life instead of being ravaged by it.
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Standard Message #: 349
Subject: Tonya Harding-A controversial Figur
From:
John,
23 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @3:03 PM pacific time
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There are many reasons why I like Tonya Harding. First off I like the way there always seems to be something controversial in her life (the wedding video Nancy Kerrigan Tonya coming back to figure skating). It seems as though she tries to have fun and not listen to all the people who criticize her and I admire that. Another thing that draws me to her is how beautiful she is. I believe that she is one of the most beautiful people ever. The last reason I like her is that there is always the element of danger with her. Shes not just another boring celebrity.
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Standard Message #: 348
Subject: Tonya needs to get a life
From:
Greg,
24 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @3:02 PM pacific time
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Tonya Harding has blown every opportunity she has had in life up to this point. It is sad that her only claim to fame is what she and her exhusband did to another skater. Since then the only time we see her in the news is when she goes on another drunken rampage in her white trailer trash life. We can look at other scandalous individuals such as Monica Lewinsky or Vanessa Williams and see that they were able to take huge set backs and turn them into success. Tonya seems to have addictions that are holding her back probably the best offer she has had of late is to get on the WWF. By doing so she may earn enough money to get herself out of her pitiful life.
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Standard Message #: 346
Subject: SELF ESTEEM
From:
Mike,
35 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @12:58 PM pacific time
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I agree to this message Tonya. You had so much going for you you didnt need to resolve to that extreme. You were of the most talented skaters who could do the tripple axel. Did you really think you were going to get away with it It must be hard knowing that you could still be skating right now if only you played fairly. Anyway I hope your life gets back together and youre able to find yourself again. Nancy did so you can too. I think the whole world still thinks your one of the best skaters out there.
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Standard Message #: 345
Subject: TONYA HARDING
From:
pooh,
27 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @11:05 AM pacific time
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Tonya is not a mediocre skater. She is a skater that can do just about anything on the ice. She not graceful like Nancy Kerrigan but Kerrigan cant jump like Tonya either. They are just two different kinds of skaters. Some like grace some like power. The Olympics are for the graceful skaters though. Power is nice but you had better look like a princess out there. I think thats why so many people like Tonya. She goes out there and just skates hard. Its something different in the skating world that I personally like. Shes like Bonnie Blair in a skirt. Makes me think that Tonya should have been a speed skater. Shes just like everyone else in the world outside of skating. Someone who can skate all day go have a beer with at the end of the day. Gotta like that type of person in any type of major sport. That doesnt mean I would make her mad though. Im sure wheel hubcaps leave a nasty mark.
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Standard Message #: 344
Subject: cute little nose
From:
mister3putt,
33 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @10:45 AM pacific time
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Ever since the whole incident with tonya I have always been intrigued by her..
Maybe its her hair or her cute little nose but there is something about her that has always left me wanting to know more about her
when I found this website I thought it was a natural place to find out as much as I could and them some
What ever may cause a person to do the things that transpired we may never know however until you are put into a similar position we should not be quick to judge Outside influences can be a very powerful thing
Anyway I hope that this message is acceptable and I look forward to hearing back form you soon
Sincerely mister3putt
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Standard Message #: 343
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
Jim,
22 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @10:19 AM pacific time
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I will admit that Tonya went too far. She made a mistake that she regrets and should be forgiven for it. She has paid greatly for her mistake. President Clinton made a mistake and got away from it without any punishment. The bottom line is that if the incident would not have happened Tonya still would have made it to the Olympics. I feel she would have done better at the Olympics without all the added pressure. You can not compare Tonya with Pete Rose. What Pete Rose did was something completely different. Everyone should stop putting her down and give her a second chance.
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Standard Message #: 342
Subject: get it together tonya
From:
appedon66,
43 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @9:14 AM pacific time
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tonya harding as an athlete has shown a resolve few people can match. that does not condone the stupidity that she has shown outside of the rink. her recent bout with the law shows an inablility to function in the real world. I feel for the many me who have tried to deal with her. I personally find her sexy and would like to take her for a spin but I would probably need body armor. she needs to spend some time to reflect about the absurdity that her life has become. she just needs to pay attnetion to real things. skating is over for her on an olympic platform. get on with your life and solve some of these problems before it ends tragically.
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Standard Message #: 341
Subject: HUGE OVER REACTION
From:
TERRY,
19 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @8:47 AM pacific time
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I FOR ONE HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TONYA EVEN THROUGH HER HARD TIMES AND I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT SHE IS WORKING WITH KIDS AND TEACHING THEM TO ICE SKATE. MAYBE THEY TO CAN MAKE A CAREER OUT OF IT AND WILL HAVE HER TO THANK. I THINK THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN HER AND NANCY WAS A HUGE OVER REACTION BECAUSE SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT WINNING NO MATTER WHO GETS HURT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG BUT LIKE THEY SAY ALLS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR. I FOR INSTANTS HAVE HURT SOMEONE MYSELF IN ORDER TO WIN. I THINK EVERYONE WAS HARD ON YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A CELEBRATY BUT THEY DONT SEE HOW GOOD YOU ARE WITH THE KIDS AND DONT REALIZE YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON. YOURS TRULY TERRY.
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Standard Message #: 340
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
skipcashwell,
54 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @5:51 AM pacific time
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Reply to message #2238. Because training to be a champion in ice skating is serious work and the competition itself a highstress experience I have never believed that Tonya had any part in the planning or execution of the attack on Nanvy Kerrigan. The rabid thrillseeking media and corrupt judges in this amateur sport contribute to a lack of public respect and faith in fairness and objectivity in selecting champions. I support returning to equal weight scoring of schoolfigures shortprograms with minimum skill demonstrations and longprogram free skates. Use of slowmotion replays of the crucial athletic maneuvers by judges before issuing final technical scores will assist in more accuracy. Lets bring the sport of ice skating athleticism back to its original integritybased roots!
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Standard Message #: 339
Subject: Kerrigan is not a princess
From:
Sir Robin,
20 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @1:20 AM pacific time
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Nancy Kerrigan was made out to look like a princess through this whole thing. This could not be further from the truth. I think she is a sniveling little weasel of a woman. That being said she did not deserve what came her way. I do not condone violence of any sort. Tonya Harding was wrong if in fact she was involved. I think she has learned her lesson however. She has certainly been punished plenty with her name being thrown all over the tabloids. I think it is time for Tonya to move on with her life. Jeff Golooly was a scumbag and should be locked up for a long long time. Thats was Tonyas biggest mistake. She married a loser. I find it ironic that Nancy Kerrigan has dissappeared in recent years while Tonya has gone on to somewhat of a successful life.
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Standard Message #: 338
Subject: Tonaya
From:
KOELESKI,
22 yrs
Date:
Saturday, April 08, 2000 @12:16 AM pacific time
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I THINK TONYA HAS GOTTEN A RAW DEAL OVER THE YEARS. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE WAY PEOPLE KEEP REPORTING THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO HER. SHE IS AN EXTREMELY TALENTED PERSON WHO DESERVES HER PRIVACY AND MORE RESPECT. YES SHE HAS DONE SOME THINGS IN THE PAST THAT DOES NOT LIVE UP TO MODERN SOCIETIES ASPECTS BUT WHO HASNT. IT WOULD BE NICE IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST LEAVE HER ALONE TO DO HER THING. SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST SKATERS IVE SEEN IN MANY MANY YEARS. I THINK SHE HAS SEVERED HER PUNISHMENT MANY TIMES OVER AND SHOULD BE LET BACK IN TO THE ICE SKATING CLICK. HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE DAYS PEOPLE WILL REALIZE WHAT A TALENTED SKATER SHE REALLY IS AND GIVE HER THE RESPECT THAT SHE DESERVES AND HAS EARNED OVER THE YEARS.
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Standard Message #: 337
Subject: Tonya so what
From:
shaggy77,
27 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @10:53 PM pacific time
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Personally I dont know what all the hype is about. People hurt people everyday of the week but you dont hear sqwat about it because they arent famous. So she was involved in a childish act as smackin nancy but who cares she was punished for it and lets move on. As for the video tape thing hey Of course I am for it. Something in our nature draws us to celebraties even more so celebraties having sex on tape. So who are we to judge or condemn. If we would all focus on doing what she is doing on her tape and less on what she did in her professional career the world would be a much happier place.
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Standard Message #: 336
Subject: tonya harding
From:
poser21,
29 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @9:59 PM pacific time
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Tonya is a real true American story of why this country is good. She's overcome many obstacles, met the hard challenges head on. She's innocent only of being around people who try to control her and, in turn destroyed her reputation. She never relly got the chance to compete on common ground in the Olympics and thus her place in history has been set. She's still capable of being a World Class skater but will anyone ever give her the chance When she's given her chance again we hope it is given a fair shot and not with chance she was given before. When it happens, I hope it's on an even playing ground and not a biased one sided view.
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Standard Message #: 335
Subject: Competition creates stress
From:
skate fan,
27 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @9:27 PM pacific time
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I think that competition at the Olympic level creates stress on an individual that surpasses other sporting events. Professional atheltes receive paychecks and the assurance of getting another chance. In another game match or season. Olympic athletes frequently get one chance for which they have been preparing for most of their life. Stress and pressure of this nature will no doubt be difficult to handle and Im sure at one time or another several of the atheltes have done drastic things.
Im not making excuses just offering an some possible resons for actions that are unreasonable at the time. No doubt all of the press and attention wasnt making things easier for her either. However what she did was illegal and she legal action was necessary. I beleive that after serving her sentence however we should give her another chance.
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Standard Message #: 334
Subject: Learn from mistakes
From:
Cool Thunder,
42 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @9:07 PM pacific time
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I have followed Tonyas career since she won the United States figure skating championships. She is truly an artist on ice who has made her successon her own without the benefit of a sugar daddy to finance her. I have always liked to pull for the under dog and I am convinced that her problems in life have resulted from falling into bad company who were able to set her up for trouble while they looked for their own personal gain. I really think that Tonya will become a better person as she learns from her mistakes. I feel she will get on with her life and will someday rectify herself. This will result from her establishing a relationship with a person who will forge a very positive influence in her life. She still has a lot going for her.
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Standard Message #: 333
Subject: Justice
From:
Athan,
44 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @8:24 PM pacific time
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A great skater who made a terrible mistake. She should have continued in the face of adversity and showed the world that mistakes can be overcome. To drop off the face of the earth is a tragedy and an injustice to her skill and art. I think years from now she will truly regret this action but her fans will regret more the fact that a common person who rose to the top fell victim to the pressures of competition. Ice skating does not allow common people to compete because of the money advantage that the rich have. Tonya managed to compete at the highest level. I hope she moves on and uses her other skills to promote the sport and help her draw the spotlight to her direction.
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Standard Message #: 332
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
Rob,
44 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @6:03 PM pacific time
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Tonya's situation reminds me of some Ive been in personally. Ive made poor choices of friends Ive been nieve enough to try and sellout to their trips in order to be liked; to feel wanted and included. Ive done unbelievable damage to my career and thereby my life through that. Ive tried to learn from it all move on rebuild. Her two close friends in that Nancy Karigan thing have demonstrated that they are lousy friends. The fat guy got busted for picking up prostitutes here in the age of AIDS. The other one has distributed videos of her getting fucked by him. If she didnt mind it would be one thing but Im confident that it hurt her very much. Maybe Im not so cool to be wanting to see these pictures too but I know that Im coming from a place of caring about her and feeling that she is beautiful. I believe that if she knew me well she wouldnt mind me seeing them. Ive actually had thoughts of trying to contact her because I thought we might hit it off pretty good just because I know from my own experiences a lot about what she has gone through and how that leaves things. Ive been struggling for many years to get back to a positive self image and to where I can trust people again. Its been really hard. I never had any friends who could really understand what I went through.
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Standard Message #: 330
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
hcorreia,
23 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @4:28 PM pacific time
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Everyone makes good or bad choices in his life. I think youre very nice assuming your own errors and mistakes. But people also must get responsability about their acts. People should first try to understand others choices and then ask responsability to them. Talking bad about people is easy maybe too muck easy but understand the why is too different and almost no one can do that. Thereal art of being a good people is to incarnate in the others choices and decisions and then think: In that situation would I do the same If I would then Im no better than the person that did it.
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Standard Message #: 329
Subject: tonya harding good or bad?
From:
adrian,
35 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @3:41 PM pacific time
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I think shes had a tough upbringing one that would drive anyone to do the things shes attempted. However shes trying at least to steer the straight and narrow. With any luck she should be able to land on her feet and find happiness. She was after all a champion in some respects. Like any kid without influential parents shes had no guidance and really fell in with the wrong crowd. The press needs to leave her alone and try to figure things out. Shes not above reproach as she claims but she also isnt a evil person. Women need to stick up for themselves instead of blaming failed marriages and boyfriends. Moving out of her hometown in Portland would help alot too.
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Standard Message #: 328
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
City Cowboy,
47 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @12:17 PM pacific time
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Hello readers I think Tonya is just like any of us human and wanting the best out of life just like Clinton. I find she is more down to earth very caring and sensitive unlike the other bitch. I met the other one in a store one time returning some item and gave the clerk a hard time. I think tonya is much nicer looking than Nancy will ever be unless youre trying to look like a beaver. I would like to see the movie just to see what all the hoopla is about. I live in Massachusetts but most people here like Tonya for the things she has done and nothing was ever proven in a court. I would love to meet her in person someday just to tell her that she can do better than the losers shes had in the past.
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Standard Message #: 327
Subject: TONYA HARDING
From:
tonyalvr,
29 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @11:02 AM pacific time
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First off I think Tonya Harding is hot stuff very sexy.She gets a ten from me. However there is no way she has been unfairly treated by anybody. Her mediocrity as a skater was known to her more than anybody and this is what precipitated the attack conspiracy on Nancy Kerrigan. Her skating was centered on power not grace at a time when grace was taking center stage in the sport. Tonyas appeal rests in the potential to meet her in your local bar for an evening of fun just steer clear of long term relationships here. The impression I get is that she is just a little hot headed and possibly not all there.
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Standard Message #: 326
Subject: Tonya as a joke
From:
JOhn,
45 yrs
Date:
Friday, April 07, 2000 @9:56 AM pacific time
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This is a reply to message 2238. Tonya got more than carried away. Tonya broke the rules. Now she needs to pay and she is. Pete Rose broke the rules and he is out of baseball; Tonya needed to be out of Skating. Tonya did compete and did know how well she would do! That motivated her to eliminate the comptiton. Should it be the goal in every sport for players eliminate there toughtest competion Actions against Tonya sends a message to everyone else that there are rules that neede to be followed. This type of conduct would end with players being shot before an event and then you would have a murder.
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