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Originally posted by zebraman
Though I agree more with your position than Rut's, I think you're oversimplifying his remarks from the other thread. And your ignorance comment was out of line.
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It's hard to oversimplify a direct quote. Besides, I think that represented his views pretty accurately. If you recall the Artest thread, the ignorance quote was right on target.
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I do not recall that any one statement sums up my opinion on this. I do feel that people that are provoked, whether you like it or not will act in ways that can in retrospect be seen as out of line. I do think that Artest and O'Neal felt provoked and reacted. Should they have acted that way? I do not think so totally. But I do understand why they did. Do I feel the same way about this kid? Yes I do. If certain things are said to anyone, I do not expect them to just walk away. I realize that complicated issues might be hard for you to grasp, but this issue is not just black and white. We have people in this world that think they can say and do anything because they pay money and go to a sporting event. This kid is a rather big kid and I know most people would not dare call him names or talk about his family unless they were willing to have him step to him. Just because this is a sporting event does not make the fan's behavior acceptable. You seem to think that a kid should not be protected from that type of abuse. We are now in this society talking about how verbal abuse is about as bad as physical abuse and we allow people to go to events and call people all kinds of names. I guess you think someone should be called a racial slur and just walk away? I guess you feel like someone can threaten you and the person threatened should walk away? I guess you feel that someone can throw something at you and just walk away? Where is the line? Gunplay? Bottles thrown?
Peace