Dean, I will not be retracting A WORD of my post, so..."et, tu? Oui."
When you see something that childish, over the top and relentlessly inane as the behavior Memmer exhibited, I could care less that you had a water with him after and he was contrite. His colors came to the forefront when he swerved VERY close to an official, refused to take his demotion, then went towards the crowd with his gesture, which is known to every adult as "Suck M* D***!"
Spare me the defense of the "real" Memmer. I saw the real Memmer on the video clip, trying to unhook his car from the tow truck, trying to make things as inconvenient for everyone else as he felt it was for him. These are not bursts of anger. They are indicative of a pathology.
And when you have a child posing questions about something this straightforward, you do not shade the areas of question; You stamp them in black and white. Idiot. Numbskull, etc.
I could care less what the rationale was/is/will be. It was his behavior. Does HE own THAT?
And just in case the handle isn't clear enough, this is Steve Eckert typing, in my brightly sun-lit living room. Not hiding, not living vicariously. Living My OWN dream of raising a child to not behave like Memmer when he becomes an adult, since this is the behavior that kids will exhibit before they are thoroughly taught right from wrong.
He can own his actions. I will own my actions and my words.
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Steve Eckert