Bob Costas is a idiot (Page 6)

That's why you carry one of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v89DYP6WXo8

I wonder if the financial demographic plays in as well.  I don't know the stats, but I'm assuming that wealthier people as a whole commit less violent crime so it would be logical that NFL players, who are generally pretty wealthy, fall into that category.

Then throw in the roids, and head beating and maybe it drops down a notch to regular population numbers versus white color dudes.

I don't have any statistics....just my anecdotal experience from nearly 3 decades.....but I can tell you, without a hint of doubt in my mind, that domestic violence crosses all boundaries....I work in an area that runs the table on economics, from very wealthy to far below poverty level....I couldn't say where I've been to more domestic assault calls.  I can say that some of the most memorable in terms of injuries have been in middle to upper middle class neighborhoods.

I defer to your experience on this one.  Not only was my thought anecdotal, but it was anecdotal in my head.  lol

I guess it would depend upon the size of the knife compared to the razor and the speed of said person pulling said killing instrument from their specific place on their body compared to the speed of said person # 2 doing the same thing, or it could be a #1 is pulling a knife while #2 is pulling a .32?  Or vice versa.  And the training of #1 compared to the speed of the street fighter #2?  Or the possible transaction of the mace from #1 getting sprayed in both of their eyes and they both pull their guns and start shooting and innocent mrTony getting shot because he was trying to break it up. 

I do believe Tony made the news on a California visit once too.  He was going by a pseudo name "Justin" though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhxDnF_SW6k

He's an moron and a idiot.

No.  I do not think that.  In fact, at least  in Virginia, the data would appear to show that more guns does not lead to more gun violence. 

( edited to rephrase. )

So because it is less than the general population it means that he was just an ahole and there isn't any way that it could be head trauma AND alcohol AND pain pill abuse? 

Yes but we've beat that horse enough...

I support gun control, exhale, fire, breathe in, exhale, fire, breathe in, repeat. Make sure to clean and oil them on a regular basis so I guess I support gun maintenance also.

Gun control is not the fix.  I don't need to repeat what others have said in depth, lets ban cars, alachol, BBQ for that matter.  No ones ever killed a person with a car in a fit of rage, right?  Humans, we are awesome, and at times, we suck....inanimate objects are just a tool, used by humans, don't have a gun, use an axe, don't have an axe, use a knife, hammer, bat, pills, car, fire, so on and so on till we club each other like cave men. 

People are the problem.

Sure.....now lets go find the number of men in the world who also have those same problems....they don't kill.....it takes a control freak Ahole to be that guy.  She was going to leave him and he couldn't deal with not being able to control that.  THAT'S why he killed her, you don't need to look any further.....the need to control...that's ALWAYS why these jerks beat and kill women.  

The data in the report from Virginia I posted earlier does not bear this out... at least in the case of aggravated battery.   While the percentage of those crimes committed with guns increased, the overall rate did not.  

In other words, people who will commit aggravated battery do not do so because a gun is available. 

It is more likely that if this dude did not have a gun... he would have beat her to death. 

The gun is one (of many) means to an end. If you remove the gun, there are other means.

Sorry.  I don't see that.  Regardless of his past actions.  If you read the beginning part of his speech (the perspective part) you actually think he might address the underlying issues that pro athletes have (damaged bodies and brains or even drug or alcohol abuse, maybe even domestic violence.)  Then he starts quoting Whitlock and goes off tangent.

I 100% believe that he's deflecting.  Maybe it's just his own warped sense of morality but he's disproving the first part of his argument by spewing this anti-gun rhetoric.

"You want some actual perspective on this?" Costas said.  Yes Bob.  Some actual perspective.  Not a strawman about if the gun wasn't there it would not have happened.

It would depend on what he said and how he said it. If Costas would have said his actions were due to the drug and alochol abuse combined with brain trauma and the NFL's blatent lack of policies and uncaring attitude towards their players, he probably wouldn't be see or heard from as much during NFL games.

I'll give ya some perspective on this...

This just proves my rantings all season long. NBC absolutely sucks at covering football games. Those three dopes that do the pregame are a joke. Dungy looks like he walked in off the street and doesn't know what is going on every time, the other guy is constantly picking fights with Dungy for no apparent reason.

Then we have to listen to Faith Hill to start the game, BOO!

Then we have Costas give his opinion on guns.

The only ray of sunshine is Collins and Michaels.

Would rather have Sunday night football on CBS or FOX.

1stTimeTri - 2012-12-03 8:39 PM

Kido - 2012-12-03 6:05 PMIsn't it:  "Bob Costas is AN idiot?"

. Dude. You don't like to read my posts, do you? I'm hurt now. *pouting*

Ummmm.... I hinted at it before you did.

Just sayin'.

crowny2 - 2012-12-04 11:11 AM

1stTimeTri - 2012-12-03 8:39 PM

Kido - 2012-12-03 6:05 PMIsn't it:  "Bob Costas is AN idiot?"

. Dude. You don't like to read my posts, do you? I'm hurt now. *pouting*

Ummmm.... I hinted at it before you did.

Just sayin'.

I responded being the grammar police that slammed.