Dismissed Vanderbilt football players indicted for rape

[radicalliberal]

36. It's a common line used by people who condone bullying in mandatory P.E.

"Oh, you were chosen last? Well, boo-hoo-hoo to you!" (snarky, snarky)

Well, the fact of the matter is that those who were chosen last didn't want to be chosen at all. Why would they? They just wanted to be left alone! They had no interest in sports! They were forced to take a class that served only the interests of the athletic kids and those who wanted to play sports. (Incidentally, some of those nonathletic boys would have been quite receptive to following some sort of exercise program. They would have appreciated a little support. I know that for a fact because I was one of them. But no exercise programs were provided for them because they were regarded as inferiors deserving no respect whatsoever. They were the nonpersons in the world of school sports.)

To get back to what I was saying, the "chosen last" line has absolutely no foundation because none of us even wanted to be there! We were forced to be there (in P.E. classes, that is) because of a bunch of boneheaded people who really were completely indifferent to the physical fitness needs of sedentary nonathletic kids. If any reason or decency had prevailed, the ones chosen last would have been kids who wanted to play the game!