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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by blindzebra
So, you are saying KILLING an innocent bystander is okay if you get hit with liquid? Unfreakin believable. There is nothing extreme about it. You don't think it was possible in that situation for a small child to have been seriously hurt or killed by a 6'8" 230 pound person completely out of control?
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Yeah, that is what I said. So much you totally missed the sarcasm in my post. I really hope you are not that emotional you can understand sarcasm? Basically what you said was asinine and is the reason I say, "Sure!"
Did the swarms of fans take into account the children or older individuals around? I find it funny you want to put this on Artest and not the thousands of people that were standing around.
The funny thing is that is not the issue. There were no children hurt. There was an elderly person in part of the fight, but I do not know if that was as a result of the actual fight in the stands with players. There were swarms of people that interjected themselves into an issue that totally took place on the court.
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Originally posted by blindzebra
FYI, the NBA does not agree. Artest just got the boot for the season and his punch happy teammates are gone for 30 and 25.
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I do not know that the NBA agrees or disagrees with my point of view. The NBA is doing what is essentially what a PR move is. They are not doing what is in the best interest of the players that they have to protect from being seen as "justifying" the behavior of their players. But in all other incidences when alcohol is involved, laws and rules in many places have made policies for behavior. The NBA and these leagues have allowed drinking to go on and do not take the actions as is typical in other arenas as it relates to conduct of customers. If this was a bar, Artest and O'Neal would have an issue with the bar that did not provide the proper security at their job or of other customers.
Peace
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We are talking liquid in plastic cups, popcorn in paper containers. This is not a gun, a knife, a pipe, a bat,a fist, or batteries, it was LIQUID.
The fans that are caught on tape should go to jail, and so should the players.
Like I said in my first post, if a fan is on the court fine it's an actual threat of attack and fine, knock them out, that is self defense.
Going into the stands trampling over INNOCENT people, escalating a situation that endangered even more people is not self defense, it is a crime.
I'd hate to think that you are so emotional that you'd condone stupid and dangerous behavior as justified.