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How The Tazer Kid Won
If you’ve not been under a rock the last couple days, you know all too well about the 17 year-old kid who ran onto a field and was Tazered by Philadelphia Police.
Now, I understand there are moral objections to Tazering people; in so many cases, but if you notice…there isn’t that much opposition to what happened to the kid, so far as I can tell. And not just in Philadelphia, either.
You see, it’s practically accepted as Code of Conduct in any professional arena, ballpark and stadium that you are there as a guest of the team, and your attendance at games is a privilege, not a right. So, right there, kid loses any sympathy he might have garnered because he willingly broke the code of conduct; he ran on a prohibited field of play while a game was in progress. Even after his dad tried to talk some sense into him, he still went and did it.
And for those of you who might complain about the excessiveness of Tazering the guy; I hear you, I understand, and might agree but for this:
…there also is a darker side to fans getting in on the action, particularly in the last 20 years or so. Gamboa was mugged by two fans at a Royals-White Sox game in Chicago. The Houston Astros had to rush to the aid of outfielder Bill Spiers when he was attacked by a fan in Milwaukee in 1999 and the NBA's Indiana Pacers brawled with Pistons fans in Detroit in 2004.—Associated Press, via ESPN, 5/5/2010
A Tazer gun? He's lucky he didn't get one of these:
Mike Curtis, FTW. But I digress.
The point I want to make tonight is that, despite all the debate over whether or not the kid should have been Tazered—bro—he ended up getting what he wanted; what all these people want when they do this sort of thing anyway: attention.
ESPN replayed the video several times; I can only imagine what Action and Eyewitness News did with that story. His face was in both Philadelphia daily papers, and even was on TNT last night. The audio from the Cardinals game of the entire incident was replayed on Howard Stern’s show this morning.
And now, I’m writing an IVH about him. Good Grief.
So, in essence, the 17 year-old kid has already won.
A Tazer gun is the least of his problems. Being a douche, however?
Priceless.
Why Twitter is better than TV Guide: So, TV Guide says that Obama Stalker (kidding) Scarlett Johansson is on to promote Iron Man 2, and so is Seth MacFarlane. However, CraigyFerg says:
Seth McFarlane meant 2b 2nd guest 2nite after Scarlett Johanssen but I talked 2 long 2 her. He got bumped to 1st guest Fri. Everybody wins.
See? You get instant show updates if you follow @CraigyFerg on the Twitter machine, like I do.
Highlights Time:
Here's the standard open/mono package.
And we'll close out with Andy Garcia's couch sit.