driver8M3 Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ask yourselves how you would react if a bunch of punks threw their cups of beer in your face. funny thing about artest not being able to turn the other cheek before pounding on the (wrong) smallish fan. just moments before that he did manage to turn the other cheek after being shoved hard by big ben wallace. i wonder if wallace's size had anything to do with that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Ask yourselves how you would react if a bunch of punks threw their cups of beer in your face. funny thing about artest not being able to turn the other cheek before pounding on the (wrong) smallish fan. just moments before that he did manage to turn the other cheek after being shoved hard by big ben wallace. i wonder if wallace's size had anything to do with that??? I am not a small guy, well not when compared to "normal" humans, but I can think of a LOT of things I would rather do than get into a fist fight with Ben Wallace (or Artest for that matter)! Good point. I hadn't thought of that spin on the story. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer-lock Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 So...I went to the Friday night fights and a basketball game broke out. Or a hockey game, or a baseball game. (Soccer is on an altogether different planet in this respect.) What's up with that? We have a huge crowd of drunks urging a small crowd of overpaid child/men to do what ever it takes to win. Why are we surprised or shocked at the result? The only vote that counts here is the dollar. I have taken mine elsewhere. You can do the same. geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I took an excercise science class from UC Davis back in 1997. At that point the school's athletic department no longer consider NBA a sport. They label it as entertainment, just like wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 To me, crap like that is a scary picture of the human race. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Ask yourselves how you would react if a bunch of punks threw their cups of beer in your face. funny thing about artest not being able to turn the other cheek before pounding on the (wrong) smallish fan. just moments before that he did manage to turn the other cheek after being shoved hard by big ben wallace. i wonder if wallace's size had anything to do with that??? I am not a small guy, well not when compared to "normal" humans, but I can think of a LOT of things I would rather do than get into a fist fight with Ben Wallace (or Artest for that matter)! Good point. I hadn't thought of that spin on the story. -ld To me, that says Artest might not be the leading canidate for the Darwin Award. The "fan" on the other hand... To me, crap like that is a scary picture of the human race.be Kinda makes me think of the Roman Empire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 I like the Roman Empire analogy, soooooo, maybe Sigfreid and Roy could lend them a couple of cuddly cats to settle the arguments? I'd pay to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 maybe Sigfreid and Roy could lend them a couple of cuddly cats to settle the arguments?I'd pay to see that. Naaah, in the roman empire those guys would have never got to that age: they'd have been thrown down the Tarpea cliff as soon as they were born... They label it as entertainment, just like wrestling Ditto! That's the same reason I stopped 3 years ago being a football (soccer for you overseas) fan here in Italy (and you have to know soccer is national sport here): that's no longer a sport, that's entertaining, and I don't like it anymore, so I won't buy it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp5 Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 The NBA is just a thug-fest. Let 'em all go get real jobs they're qualified for - like working at a car wash. Very few sports have civility and sportmanship anymore. IPSC/USPSA seems to be one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Love to see the guy not taking responsibility: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-b...ov=ap&type=lgns Asshat. Don't forget to read the very last paragraph of the article. Double asshat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver8M3 Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 i guess he cant afford a PR person...what a moron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 As Bugs would say..., " what a maroon...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 So...I went to the Friday night fights and a basketball game broke out. Or a hockey game, or a baseball game. (Soccer is on an altogether different planet in this respect.) What's up with that? We have a huge crowd of drunks urging a small crowd of overpaid child/men to do what ever it takes to win. Why are we surprised or shocked at the result? The only vote that counts here is the dollar. I have taken mine elsewhere. You can do the same. geezer I second you Geezer, except for: The only vote that counts here is the Euro. I have taken mine elsewhere. You can do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted November 23, 2004 Share Posted November 23, 2004 Very few sports have civility and sportmanship anymore. IPSC/USPSA seems to be one of them. Who was it that said "An armed society is a polite society" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Very few sports have civility and sportmanship anymore. IPSC/USPSA seems to be one of them. Who was it that said "An armed society is a polite society" Robert Heinlein said that. The whole thing goes "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Heinlein has lots of morality in his writing. The only draw back nowadays is that you only have to put your money where your mouth is, NOT YOUR NECK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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