Play of the Brett Myers story . . .

[D-3 Fan]

Re: Play of the Brett Meyers story . . .

I was listening to David Stein on Sporting News Radio late last night, and he was addressing this. And he actually had two callers in the first four defending Myers.

The first: "C'mon, you've got to cut him some slack ... he's a pro athlete. He's a celebrity." The guy was not kidding.

The second: "You know, some of these women are just in it for the money. Sometimes they get what's coming to them." This guy was not kidding, either.

It's stunning that people like this walk among us, but there you are.

shottie, I'm a day late, but I heard that crap on Stein's show too. It's forking pathetic that most people have become desensitized to spousal/domesitc/sexual/physcial abuse. I was hoping Stein would get one more caller defending Myers. I wanted to hear Stein just lose it for once on these fools.

Regular guys like us will spend a few days in jail, lose our jobs, face embarassment and bring shame to our families if we laid a hand on someone to intentionally harm them. It continue to pish the shirt out of me that we, as a society, would rather let a pro athlete or a celebrity walk after slapping their wives or GF around like a rag doll.

I have no respect for anyone who does it. As the big guy upstairs is my witness, if I ever pull that crap off on anyone, put me away in jail for the rest of my life. I'm dead serious.

 

[Lugnuts]

Re: Play of the Brett Meyers story . . .


I'm surprised the Globe played it that low because its reporting on the story was very good... graphic quotes from a witness, etc. I'd have put it on the front page of the paper.

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Y'know it's funny you guys are saying this about the talk-radio callers. I happened to have caught part of Colin Cowherd's show yesterday - rare for me - and he was ranting about all the e-mails he was getting defending Myers. He was calling the e-mailers 'mouth-breathers' etc.

I don't want to overreact, but are we going through a little societal phase right now where we're numb toward violence against women? Just askin'.

 

[DyePack]

Re: Play of the Brett Meyers story . . .

Shot: Ya know what I hate more than making a typo?

Looking up the name, *then* spelling it wrong.

Yet it's still wrong.

 

[shotglass]

Re: Play of the Brett Meyers story . . .

I was listening to David Stein on Sporting News Radio late last night, and he was addressing this. And he actually had two callers in the first four defending Myers.

The first: "C'mon, you've got to cut him some slack ... he's a pro athlete. He's a celebrity." The guy was not kidding.

The second: "You know, some of these women are just in it for the money. Sometimes they get what's coming to them." This guy was not kidding, either.

It's stunning that people like this walk among us, but there you are.

shottie, I'm a day late, but I heard that crap on Stein's show too.  It's forking pathetic that most people have become desensitized to spousal/domesitc/sexual/physcial abuse.  I was hoping Stein would get one more caller defending Myers.  I wanted to hear Stein just lose it for once on these fools. 

Regular guys like us will spend a few days in jail, lose our jobs, face embarassment and bring shame to our families if we laid a hand on someone to intentionally harm them.  It continue to pish the shirt out of me that we, as a society, would rather let a pro athlete or a celebrity walk after slapping their wives or GF around like a rag doll. 

I have no respect for anyone who does it.  As the big guy upstairs is my witness, if I ever pull that crap off on anyone, put me away in jail for the rest of my life.  I'm dead serious.   

You know, D-3, I was thinking about this today before I checked in here. And Stein should have done more than he did. What he did was to express disbelief and amazement that these calls had been made, and just generally sputter for an hour. That doesn't accomplish anything. What he NEEDED to do was to pick those two guys apart, point by point, and make it clear WHY they were so wrong. That way, maybe he doesn't get through to those two idiots, but he might get through to 50 other people who were thinking the same thing.

This is something that some columnists don't do enough of, and it sort of brings me back to the Telander column on Mariotti. There are a lot of mouth-breathers out there. And a lot of journalists are too high-brow or too lazy to stoop down a level or two and make them see how wrong their outlook is. Sometimes, you have to explain it at an elementary level, but that's what you have to do.

If you just shake your head and cluck your tongue, nothing's coming of it. If something is wrong, SAY it's wrong. Don't dance around it for the sake of writing with a "higher purpose."

 

[DyePack]

I was listening to David Stein on Sporting News Radio late last night, and he was addressing this. And he actually had two callers in the first four defending Myers.

The first: "C'mon, you've got to cut him some slack ... he's a pro athlete. He's a celebrity." The guy was not kidding.

The second: "You know, some of these women are just in it for the money. Sometimes they get what's coming to them." This guy was not kidding, either.

It's stunning that people like this walk among us, but there you are.

shottie, I'm a day late, but I heard that crap on Stein's show too.  It's forking pathetic that most people have become desensitized to spousal/domesitc/sexual/physcial abuse.  I was hoping Stein would get one more caller defending Myers.  I wanted to hear Stein just lose it for once on these fools. 

Regular guys like us will spend a few days in jail, lose our jobs, face embarassment and bring shame to our families if we laid a hand on someone to intentionally harm them.  It continue to pish the shirt out of me that we, as a society, would rather let a pro athlete or a celebrity walk after slapping their wives or GF around like a rag doll. 

I have no respect for anyone who does it.  As the big guy upstairs is my witness, if I ever pull that crap off on anyone, put me away in jail for the rest of my life.  I'm dead serious.   

You know, D-3, I was thinking about this today before I checked in here. And Stein should have done more than he did. What he did was to express disbelief and amazement that these calls had been made, and just generally sputter for an hour. That doesn't accomplish anything. What he NEEDED to do was to pick those two guys apart, point by point, and make it clear WHY they were so wrong. That way, maybe he doesn't get through to those two idiots, but he might get through to 50 other people who were thinking the same thing.

This is something that some columnists don't do enough of, and it sort of brings me back to the Telander column on Mariotti. There are a lot of mouth-breathers out there. And a lot of journalists are too high-brow or too lazy to stoop down a level or two and make them see how wrong their outlook is. Sometimes, you have to explain it at an elementary level, but that's what you have to do.

I often feel that way when I'm responding to your posts.

And the name is still wrong.

 

[shotglass]

Re: Play of the Brett Meyers story . . .

Another thread ruined. I'm sorry, everyone. I believe it might be time for me to call it quits here. It just isn't worth it.

 

[DyePack]

Another thread ruined. I'm sorry, everyone. I believe it might be time for me to call it quits here. It just isn't worth it.

Name is still wrong, BTW.

 

[BillyT]

Call me stupid, but I didn't know I could edit the subject line.

I figure a mistake's a mistake.

Wait . . . don't call me stupid.