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erpowers

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21. Not About Him Being A sports Star

Reply to yardwork (Reply #20)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 03:58 PM

Aug 2012

Your post may not have been directly pointed at me, but I would like to respond. I did not suggest leniency because he was good at sports. I suggested leniency because he had a chance at life and a career. If he had been given an academic scholarship I would have said let him go to college.

I do not value sports over women.

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High School basketball player collapses in court during sentencing of assault and battery [View all] bigdarryl Aug 2012 OP

Poor little baby... trumad Aug 2012 #1

Prison will only make him worse lunatica Aug 2012 #2

Well---you beat a woman---you go to fucking prison. trumad Aug 2012 #3

To be honest he got off lightly three years he should have been sentenced to 10 years bigdarryl Aug 2012 #4

Well, duh! lunatica Aug 2012 #7

What would you suggest they do with him? Skidmore Aug 2012 #6

I'm not suggesting anything lunatica Aug 2012 #8

So what does society do with someone like this? pipoman Aug 2012 #11

I wish we knew the answer, but we know violence in prison isn't it lunatica Aug 2012 #19

Our society gives him a $100M sports contract blueamy66 Aug 2012 #24

Speaking of pretend tough guys Bonobo Aug 2012 #13

getting what he deserved... belcffub Aug 2012 #5

Big man, over six and a half feet tall, can beat up on women.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #9

From years of dealing with combative pipoman Aug 2012 #12

But faints when he gets sentenced to prison. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2012 #26

Good... Mmm_Bacon Aug 2012 #10

Leniency Maybe erpowers Aug 2012 #14

Get busted for a single joint and most people can kiss a career goodbye.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #15

She was lenient enough... pipoman Aug 2012 #16

"Yes, he beat a woman?" He kicked the girl in the head about five or six times! Chorophyll Aug 2012 #17

No. HappyMe Aug 2012 #18

Actually, I'm pretty angry with the people pushing for leniency for this guy. yardwork Aug 2012 #20

Not About Him Being A sports Star erpowers Aug 2012 #21

I wasn't directing my post at you specifically but at everybody who leaped to this man's defense. yardwork Aug 2012 #22

Outrageous! radicalliberal Dec 2012 #27

This kid is clueless vankuria Aug 2012 #23

Little b-grade athlete thinks his menial skills puts him above the law? Dawson Leery Aug 2012 #25

This is, in fact, what many of the fans want. radicalliberal Dec 2012 #28

Certainly. Example: Penn State. Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #29