Bottled anger
A couple of months ago, this basketball fan was writing about some bottles thrown during the game. He described this as an "ugly incident":Kentucky's dramatic 81-75 overtime victory over Mississippi State last night was marred by an ugly incident before the final buzzer in which fans threw water bottles onto the court. Official Mike Kitt and Wildcat freshman John Wall were almost hit with the projectiles, and the game was delayed while the mess was cleaned up.
The moronic behavior came after a great game -- one that featured a shorthanded Bulldogs team hanging tough with second-ranked Kentucky before running out of steam in overtime.
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I have no idea what compels fans to throw things at players, but it's got to stop.
A few months prior, a water bottle was thrown during an Arizona game, and the perpetrator was being sought for charges that "could range from disorderly conduct to assault or aggravated assault."
Interestingly, the same sort of behavior-but much more of it-was taking place in Arizona this week over the signing of the illegal immigration enforcement bill. Yet the phrase used over and over again to headline this protest was "mostly peaceful" despite, in the body, the "bouts of bottle throwing." I happened to see a video of it; water bottles were falling like hail, and bouncing off of police officers. Their trajectories indicated that they were not all empty bottles.
This clip gives a feel for it, though at a distance. Even Fox News was downplaying the incident, only a few hundred were involved out of a couple of thousand protesters, and only two arrests were made amid "bruised feelings on both sides."
Can you imagine the news media's reaction of Tea Party folks were throwing things?
[Edit] Ah, but another Fox News bit, later on, compares and debates the coverage.
I suppose that if some number less than 50% are throwing rocks and bottles, it's "mostly peaceful." The fellow arguing from the left assumes (still, a month later) that the alleged Tea Party racial epithets and spitting really took place in March.
Oho! Here's the effect:
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The moronic behavior came after a great game -- one that featured a shorthanded Bulldogs team hanging tough with second-ranked Kentucky before running out of steam in overtime.
* * *
I have no idea what compels fans to throw things at players, but it's got to stop.
A few months prior, a water bottle was thrown during an Arizona game, and the perpetrator was being sought for charges that "could range from disorderly conduct to assault or aggravated assault."
Interestingly, the same sort of behavior-but much more of it-was taking place in Arizona this week over the signing of the illegal immigration enforcement bill. Yet the phrase used over and over again to headline this protest was "mostly peaceful" despite, in the body, the "bouts of bottle throwing." I happened to see a video of it; water bottles were falling like hail, and bouncing off of police officers. Their trajectories indicated that they were not all empty bottles.
This clip gives a feel for it, though at a distance. Even Fox News was downplaying the incident, only a few hundred were involved out of a couple of thousand protesters, and only two arrests were made amid "bruised feelings on both sides."
Can you imagine the news media's reaction of Tea Party folks were throwing things?
[Edit] Ah, but another Fox News bit, later on, compares and debates the coverage.
I suppose that if some number less than 50% are throwing rocks and bottles, it's "mostly peaceful." The fellow arguing from the left assumes (still, a month later) that the alleged Tea Party racial epithets and spitting really took place in March.
Oho! Here's the effect:
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