What I was trying to say is that these players grow up with little wealth whatsoever(which is true in the case of Taylor). His friends and people within his community still have nothing. It's easy to get into trouble when those people don't have to lose and nothing to live for. Sean Taylor was a walking gold mine for those people. They don't think about the consequences for what Sean would have to deal with, they think about themselves and how they can better themselves. Mabye he was turning the corner, but the people that knew him before were still struggling.
It's the facts of life, and if you want to call me an asshole for stating the obvious then sobeit. Read this week's SI, the article is called "Ghetto Loyalty" it talks about the problems Vick had and how bad happends to people that hang out with the wrong crowd. It's not about race, it's about upbrinings. There are plenty of African American players that don't get into trouble.
There's a lot more to this story. This wasn't just a random home invasion. Maybe the kid had turned his life around, who knows? But this reeks of a payback or something.
And shot in the 'leg' or 'groin' is a nice way of saying they blew they guy's balls off.
Amen.are we really gonna make a racial issue out of this? leave the "upstanding white player" bull out of this thread.
it's a tragedy and horrible. Taylor had a checkered past but none of that matters now.
Is this debate really neccessary especially right now?
I am pretty sure that Dan was not trying to be an asshole and I know that Jimbo is passionate about his team.
Why don't we concentrate on the matter at hand? A young man was taken way too early and a little girl has lost her father one month before Christmas.
yeah it's not like I'm sitting here high fiving people that a guy about my age just got murdered
Well, Jim is a crotchety old man that likes to complain about "kid's these days".
you! I was not the one that brought up the Tom Brady issue. Dan was an being an asshole for his statement and I am sure he will be the first to admit it now that he thinks about it. I did not read his post til after I learned about Sean's death, so it really pissed me off....I do bot need to explain myself to you anyway....so just STFU.
Actually, he admitted before you ever came on here and became the emotion police.
Don't practice dentistry angry Jim, calm down. I'd hate for some poor kid to have an unnecessary tooth pulling.
Alright, sorry for using a white player. I bet Braylon Edwards, Jason Taylor, Shawn Springs, Dwight Howard, Lebron James, Derek Jeter, or Shaq would get arrested for pulling a gun on someone and assault. Sorry Tom Brady was the first to come to mind. I was just saying what everyone else probably thought. I bet nobody would be shocked is Starbury foundhimself in a situation like this... that's what I'm saying. I'm not happy it happened, I mean he has a little girl, but I am in no way suprised it happened. Chill out
I am chilled out. I am sickened about Sean's all too early passing and when I read your post, I was incredulous..I over reacted, but the more that I read it, the angier I got.
Hpw would you have felt if it had been TD who got killed and some idiot came in here and said that since he was black, he probably had friends that did it and so on and so forth.
I really loved Sean's play on my team and will miss having him in the secondary....he was great to watch, he played the way you should play.....I am really depressed by this waste of young life and talent.
Sorry but TD never pulled a gun on someone and got arrested for assault. I find it hard to believe that out of all the houses this guy could have broken into he broke into Sean Taylor's. It's hard to believe it's just a random event when it was the 2nd time it has been broken into this week, and this time the phone lines were cut. I'm not a robber so I might be wrong, but if I were just picking random houses, I wouldn't break in, leave, then come back and this time cut the phone lines. I don't think it takes the CSI Miami team to figure out that this isn't just some random thing that happened.
That's why I liked Taylor, too.
I am sure they knew that Sean lived there and I do not believe the whole phone line story anyway. Everyone has cell phones, so that is preposterous. What are you saying??? So they wanted to break into Sean's home, what does that mean? Are you still saying that he got what he deserved? It sure sounds like you are trying to justify your first post.
Really sad feel really bad for his family. I hope they catch the SOB who shot him.
I would say that it is very likely that Taylor's murderer knew him.
Good luck with that. This will most likely become another "unsolved crime".
As Kissing Suzy Kolber put it: Requiem for a bad ass mother er.
I'm dropping it. If you actually think I'm happy he died, you are out of your mind. Nobody "get's what they deserve" by being shot to death. The only point I tried to make was that when you hang around with the rough crowd, bad things are bound to happen. I think everyone agrees with that. The people that bring these players down are the people that have nothing to lose that know them. But I'm dropping it, if you don't want to agree to my point than that's fine, if you want to think I'm some devilish Klansman that is happy a 24 year old guy with a little girl was shot, then I guess you can think that too, you can think whatever you want.
I've been a huge Sean Taylor fan since his days at Miami. It sucks and my heart goes out to his family. R.I.P.
Rip
To with that whiny wuss. He's a deadskin fan and nothing you say is going to matter. Move on.
Sean Taylor is taking a dirt nap and the deadskins aren't making the playoffs again so he's sad...
So sad.
Rip
Not to condone Taylor's actions with the gun, but none of the guys you mentioned there (or Brady) have walked a mile in his shoes.
Taylor grew up in one of the worst neighborhoods in the country. Some of those guys you mentioned were suburbanites, Shaq grew up in the military, etc.
that is terrible news. RIP sean. Football lost a great superstar
do you remember the skins record in 04?
didn't think so.
do you remember the eagles losing to the pats?
good luck with your silver ribbon!
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