Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Apr 08 2011
Giving new meaning to fanatic
I write, but am not a sports writer. I'm not even a big baseball fan. But I believe that being a baseball fan, no matter which team it involves, should not be punishable by violence. The baseball fan who was recently beaten and left to suffer generally does work that helps people who are ill or injured. Whoever hurt him that day might well remember that, under other circumstances, he would have come to their aid in their own emergency. I've heard people call the perpetrators cowards. That may be true. I guess the law and the courts will settle it from a social standpoint. But I hope we all ask ourselves how far we'd be willing to go in any pastime, pursuit or even belief when we meet someone we're afraid opposes our position. Is there anything I'd "hit first" over?
If you were at the game that day or think you may know the people who did this, please look at this LAPD Crime Alert.
posted at: 12:53 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
I write, but am not a sports writer. I'm not even a big baseball fan. But I believe that being a baseball fan, no matter which team it involves, should not be punishable by violence. The baseball fan who was recently beaten and left to suffer generally does work that helps people who are ill or injured. Whoever hurt him that day might well remember that, under other circumstances, he would have come to their aid in their own emergency. I've heard people call the perpetrators cowards. That may be true. I guess the law and the courts will settle it from a social standpoint. But I hope we all ask ourselves how far we'd be willing to go in any pastime, pursuit or even belief when we meet someone we're afraid opposes our position. Is there anything I'd "hit first" over?
If you were at the game that day or think you may know the people who did this, please look at this LAPD Crime Alert.
posted at: 12:53 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
