Maybe Artest isn't THAT bad--

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by canuckrefguy
Hey hey hey

Let's not have another race-bashing thread....I still remember the fallout from the last one. We almost never recovered from it.

This is not a race bashing thread. I just made an analogy who I am and who I am talking with. I am not in the same age group as many and I am surely not of the same racial background as many. And the people that are in probably the same age group as those here but have a different pigmentation do not seem to take this attitude that Artest was wrong or unjustified in his behavior. I have had extensive conversations with people outside of this board and even had someone over to Thanksgiving dinner that was from another country. If you think what I say here is bad, you should have heard the Thanksgiving conversation of some of the people there.

It is clear to me the reasons many disagree and the way people disagree with what I have to say. Take it for what it is worth, but it is not much different than conversations I have had over the years with people of different backgrounds and different social-economic status. Because of what I am and what my background is I have always known how different the values of those individuals based on their backgrounds. And at the heart of this particular issue is not different if you ask me.

Peace