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| M.O.B | Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:09 pm Post #21 |
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Is there a heaven for uh mobsta?
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Reading that entire couple of quotes, was hilarious. |
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| KRS-One | Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:15 pm Post #22 |
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So long, and thanks for all the fish...
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I don't think it necessarily has to do with caring that much about the outcome of the game. And I agree, a person should have self-restraint. But, as I said, it is beyond infuriating to get elbowed and hit all game and have to deal with it, and then get called for every little thing you do. You feel helpless, and you get angry. Now, like you said, most people have self-restraint and know not to do something like punch the person, but this kid's in 8th grade...he doesn't have self-restraint yet. I'm sure you remember 8th grade, and I'm sure you look back at your 8th grade self and think "wow, he was an immature moron." I'm only 6 years removed from 8th grade and I already think that. And, just for the record, my "white devil" line was sarcasm. ^_^ |
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| yankee242B | Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:04 pm Post #23 |
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I'm a lead farmer, motherf...
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This event really speaks to the culture that has been created around sports. People have begun this hero worship of athletes even at the high school level and parents (especially) get wrapped up in this stuff way more than they should. That turns into pressure for the kids and their priorities get screwed up because of it and they think losing a game is the end of the world because that's how their parents treat it. "Oh, no, little Johnny won't get a scholarship because his eighth grade basketball team wasn't undefeated and he didn't average 25 points a game." I'm sure the kid has some of those parental pressures and that doesn't help when you're developing as a person. That doesn't excuse the kid's actions (you have to know you can't just haul off and beat the hell out of another person just because you got elbowed a few times) -- he has to know right from wrong. |
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| Infallable | Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:37 pm Post #24 |
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I don't break character until after the DVD commentary
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Whenever I would take shots playing basketball or soccer, I would just make sure I got some good clean body contact in on the way back. To start teeing off on some other kid because he threw a couple of elbows is not only primitive, but it shows this kid doesn't even have the mental capacity or willingness to get himself some retribution legally and respectably. |
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| jrmycmpfan | Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:57 am Post #25 |
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Keep cool my babies
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What do you think? |
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| KRS-One | Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:31 pm Post #26 |
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So long, and thanks for all the fish...
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Whenever I would have someone throwing elbows at me all game, I'd make sure I got at least one good elbow-to-the-neck/chest/cheek in. It always felt good, too.
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