{"id":573,"date":"2012-04-25T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanschara.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2016-12-14T19:29:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T01:29:22","slug":"v-is-for-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/v-is-for-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"V is for Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve noticed what appears to be an uptick in violence lately.\u00a0 We haven’t quantified it.\u00a0 It’s more of a general sense than anything, and we’ve had that sense periodically, so I’m not sure what conclusions, if any, to draw from it.\u00a0 More shootings. More assaults.\u00a0 More “hard” fouls in NBA games. What has become the usual carnage of NHL hockey.\u00a0 The NFL Saints bounty program.\u00a0 S.L. Viehl wrote a book called Shockball<\/em><\/a> a few years ago.\u00a0 It may or may not have been a commentary about the physical destructiveness found in professional sports.<\/p>\n

Some of you may have seen the “excessive celebration” by Metta World Peace (the athlete formerly known as Ron Artest) on Sunday afternoon in the Lakers – Thunder game.\u00a0 It didn’t see it live, but I’ve seen it ad nauseum in replays.\u00a0 Bruce Bowen summed it up well with this Tweet, “That elbow by Meta World Peace just erased all the good things he’s done the past 3 years. Not called for, and DESERVES DISCIPLINARY actions.”\u00a0 When I looked at the replay, it appeared obvious to me that “World Peace” knew someone was there — his arm swung out as if gauging the distance, then his lifted his arm, cocked his elbow in front on his body and with full force and effort, swung his elbow backward into the side of James Hardin’s head.\u00a0 There was no indication of surprise or remorse afterward.\u00a0 In my mind, it was vicious and deliberate with enough forethought for him not to be surprised at the effectiveness of the hit.<\/p>\n

In discussing punishment, I’ve heard a range of ideas, some extending to games through this post season and into next season.\u00a0 I have to wonder if, given his violent history in the game, banning him from playing in the NBA might not be the most appropriate measure.\u00a0 The NBA selected seven games without pay.\u00a0 I guess that’s reasonable.\u00a0 I would have preferred to see an indefinite suspension and then the seven games after James Hardin returned to be able to play for Oklahoma City — even if it would up being the same.<\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0 Is there more violence in the world right now, or is the level relatively constant and perception may be varying?<\/p>\n

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We’ve noticed what appears to be an uptick in violence lately.\u00a0 We haven’t quantified it.\u00a0 It’s more of a general sense than anything, and we’ve had that sense periodically, so I’m not sure what conclusions, if any, to draw from it.\u00a0 More shootings. More assaults.\u00a0 More “hard” fouls in NBA …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-z-challenge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}