Re: Paul Pierce, of course

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

This particular spot has been long known for past stabbings. Why do people
frequent places that are dangerous, I'll let you figure that out. My reason
is their looking for trouble. Maybe Pierce needed a fix, because millions
just don't do it anymore. Sad but true,  people must be made accountable
for their actions. They do have the right to go wherever, just don't come
crying when it backfires. Facts are Celtic players have been letting us
down for years. I have no sympathy.

Dan

At 02:13 PM 9/25/00 -1000, you wrote:
>Unbefrickenlievable.  I hope Pierce turns out to be OK, and not just 
>for the team's sake.  What could be so important to stab a guy over? 
>Insanity!  He doesn't deserve this.  Nobody deserves this.  Thank god 
>he wore that leather jacket, if that's what actually lessened the 
>wounds.
>
>I'm not going to talk about why he shouldn't have been there at that 
>nightclub, or equate Walker's robbery and this stabbing with Len 
>Bias, or Battie's driving, because I'm trying to remember that Pierce 
>and Walker were _victims_, and, as citizens, they have every right to 
>be out at any time of night engaged in legal activity.  To imply that 
>these things are somehow their fault is just plain wrong.  I find it 
>offensive.   To those who say that he ought to have been home, in 
>diapers, twiddling his thumbs like a good, decent NBA player instead 
>of "hanging around lowlifes" (like Tony and Derek Battie, I guess), I 
>say that you truly ought to be ashamed of yourself.  Yeah, that's 
>right, I'm looking mostly at you, Dan Forant.
>
>Get well soon, Paul.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill
>
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