Former Bears Coach Would Make Bad Roommate

[sharpe1027]

OK. But one side was, to give the anonymous source its full reading, "belligerent".

The other side committed battery. These are not equal acts.

Saying one is more wrong than the other begins to sound like an excuse for one side. I make no judgment on who is "more" wrong. Neither seems justified, so they are both wrong.

Also, one side was (arguably) stealing/misusing someone else's property. If they were "belligerent" it does not help their case, but they still seem to have been in the wrong either way. If they were antagonizing, one could foresee (but not excuse) escalation of the situation. Poor judgment all around if that is the case.

[pbmax]

Saying one is more wrong than the other begins to sound like an excuse for one side. I make no judgment on who is "more" wrong. Neither seems justified, so they are both wrong.

Also, one side was (arguably) stealing/misusing someone else's property. If they were "belligerent" it does not help their case, but they still seem to have been in the wrong either way. If they were antagonizing, one could foresee (but not excuse) escalation of the situation. Poor judgment all around if that is the case.

I assume you don't think that every crime should carry the same punishment. So in a simplified sense of error, they are both equally wrong. However, the consequences of their actions were asymmetrical. We don't even know if the property suffered any harm before, during or after the scuffle.

One side being more wrong doesn't make an excuse for either side. There isn't a finite amount of punishment that has to be apportioned according to blame. Each side, if a crime was judged to have been committed, would face a separate process with a separate jeopardy.

[sharpe1027]

I assume you don't think that every crime should carry the same punishment. So in a simplified sense of error, they are both equally wrong. However, the consequences of their actions were asymmetrical. We don't even know if the property suffered any harm before, during or after the scuffle.

One side being more wrong doesn't make an excuse for either side. There isn't a finite amount of punishment that has to be apportioned according to blame. Each side, if a crime was judged to have been committed, would face a separate process with a separate jeopardy.

No, I did not say anything about punishment, and I also did not say they were both equally wrong. I was mainly trying to express my opinion that there is no need to attempt to argue one side versus the other. It is not a competition, nor is there a limited amount of blame that has to be split fairly.

Assuming the reports are correct:

The kids were using someone else's property and were antagonistic when confronted about it. That's wrong.

Kromer and son confronted kids using their property (fine). But then they took the kid's property and threw it into the ocean. They also physically injured at least one kid. That's wrong.

Neither justifies the other.

[Fritz]

Kids?? C'mon these punk asses are likely not some 10 years olds. But if they are, fuck them all the same if they stole his shit. Sick of age, race, or sex being an excuse to get away with shit.

Goddamn right. Once, my sister's eight-month-old baby grabbed my ice cream sandwich outta my hand and started gnawing on it. I punched that little fucker straight up in the mouth.

Only thing I regret is that the punch wrecked my ice cream sandwich.

Little bastard hasn't stolen from me since.

[MadtownPacker]

Goddamn right. Once, my sister's eight-month-old baby grabbed my ice cream sandwich outta my hand and started gnawing on it. I punched that little fucker straight up in the mouth.

Only thing I regret is that the punch wrecked my ice cream sandwich.

Little bastard hasn't stolen from me since.

First off we all know you ain't hitting anything you metrosexual lil maricon!!

You may think I got it fucked up but you don't know shit. World is fucked up and crumbling daily. The little twit that fucks with your beach chairs today might be the same mofo robbing your ass later. Trust no one, ever!

[pbmax]

Charges dropped on Kromer and his son. Families of two kids assaulted wrote and asked they be dropped.

Cash or season tickets? Guessing cash, since who would want to travel to Buffalo from FLA for a game?

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13356229/charges-dropped-buffalo-bills-coach-aaron-kromer

"The parents of the the two alleged victims and the third minor witness stated that any injuries sustained by the alleged victims were minor and required no medical treatment, and that they desired the lives of their children not to be further disrupted, as an amicable resolution of the matter had been reached between all concerned," Elmore said in the statement.

[hoosier]

Everyone likes a happy ending. And the litmus test for when it's ok to hit a kid in the face is a minimum of three teeth. Eight month olds are therefore still borderline.