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Steve, the Phillies Fan Who got Tasered

May 6, 2010 By Alan Sitomer 1 Comment

I love being able to use contemporary pics in my class… and in my blog. Today, let’s have a little class debate. Here’s our pic.

Backstory: A teen at a baseball game (supposedly NOT drunk or on drugs) calls his dad to ask, “Uhm, Hey Dad, should I run on the field? It’s like a once in a lifetime chance.”

Dad said, “Uhm, doesn’t sound smart, son.”

Son says, “Okay, Pop.” And then runs on the field anyway.

He avoids security for a wee bit and the above picture captures the moment.

Steve gets TASERED.

Question: Did Steve deserve it?

Here’s my class?

For side: Hell yes! What a bonehead. You run on the field at a major league baseball game in this day and age and you deserve whatever you get.

Against side: No way! Far too heavy handed. Cops always use too much force.

Not sure which side: If he was black or brown, they wouldda used real bullets!

Not sure which side: I hear dat!

For side: I tell you this. People are going to think twice about running on the field at the Phillies home ball park in the future. It’s a good deterrent against future idiots.

Against side: The U.S. government should not condone this type of brutality. I mean this isn’t a country where we string people up and attach electrodes to their genitals in order to get them to submit to our will.

For side: Actually, we do do that? In Gitmo.

Against side: I thought they closed that down.

Not sure which side: No, that was the Bay of Pigs.

Not sure which side: She never pays attention in history class.

Not sure which side: I don’t eat Pigs, Bay Pigs or any kind. But I’m not a Muslim. Just a vegetarian who eats chicken and sometimes steak.

Not sure which side: Bueller. Bueller.

Okay, so I made this whole whole conversation up.

But as you can see, Steve, the Phillies Fan Who got Tasered, certainly has my imagination going.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: baseball, Bay of Pigs, class, dad, Fan Who, field, hey dad, lifetime chance, major league baseball, phillies fan, side, Steve, U.S.

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