wildcat2334 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 uh, who the hell said I was against the war in Afghanistan? My comment is more about the state of society: a football player from Cincinnati with a checkered past dies while doing something stupid and it warrants more than 1300 news stories and everyone is talking about what a tragedy it is; a Cincinnati police officer serving in Afghanistan gets killed and it gets mentioned in less than 100 news stories. As I said, I'm sorry Henry died, but I am more sorry that Anthony Campbell died. If that makes me an ass, so be it; I can live with that. what a d1ck, and just a flat out dumbf*ck post - what exactly is ur point with this? I watched the Bengals on HBO this summer, he seemed like a good kid and liked by all his teammates RIP - Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 uh, who the hell said I was against the war in Afghanistan? My comment is more about the state of society: a football player from Cincinnati with a checkered past dies while doing something stupid and it warrants more than 1300 news stories and everyone is talking about what a tragedy it is; a Cincinnati police officer serving in Afghanistan gets killed and it gets mentioned in less than 100 news stories. As I said, I'm sorry Henry died, but I am more sorry that Anthony Campbell died. If that makes me an ass, so be it; I can live with that. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Maybe a different thread for the problems with society before this one gets locked? Very sad to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 My comment is more about the state of society: a football player from Cincinnati with a checkered past dies while doing something stupid and it warrants more than 1300 news stories and everyone is talking about what a tragedy it is; a Cincinnati police officer serving in Afghanistan gets killed and it gets mentioned in less than 100 news stories. You have a valid point. However, this was probably not the place to state your views on the injustice of celebs getting more ink than honest to God decent people. You would have been better served by just posting about you being sorry Henry died and then started something in the TG about what gets pushed in the media and what doesn't and the inequity of the system. Just a thought on why I was a bit unhappy with your post. Don't think less of you...but you could have done things a bit different and headed off being called out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboyz1 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Prayers go out ot Henry's family, just sad when a guy makes a huge effort to get things turned around and ends up dead anyway in a freak event. Life on earth just doesn't make much sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm so saddened by this news.... RIP Chris Henry......prayers to family and friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprofessor Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 You have a valid point. However, this was probably not the place to state your views on the injustice of celebs getting more ink than honest to God decent people. You would have been better served by just posting about you being sorry Henry died and then started something in the TG about what gets pushed in the media and what doesn't and the inequity of the system. Just a thought on why I was a bit unhappy with your post. Don't think less of you...but you could have done things a bit different and headed off being called out. Very well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonkis Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I know people have marital or extra-marital relationship problems, but I am still amazed when it escalates to this. This seems like it wasn't intentional, but the risk was there if the driver didn't immediately slow down and stop after he jumped in the back of the truck. McNair died due to a relationship situation and now this. Breaks my heart that children are involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackass Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Very well said. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Odd, on a message board where many don't bother to observe much of a grace period on making jokes about the deceased, weigie gets called out for simply being reminded of a rather annoying habit we as a country have of making a huge deal about when someone famous dies compared to people who have actually done good. If weigie was hanging out with Henry's family or something and brought this up, I could see that. But this is a forum who has devoted a number of threads to actually trashing this guy (and rightly so) while he was alive. Does that warrant dancing on his grave? Certainly not. But that's not what weigie was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Odd, on a message board where many don't bother to observe much of a grace period on making jokes about the deceased, weigie gets called out for simply being reminded of a rather annoying habit we as a country have of making a huge deal about when someone famous dies compared to people who have actually done good. If weigie was hanging out with Henry's family or something and brought this up, I could see that. But this is a forum who has devoted a number of threads to actually trashing this guy (and rightly so) while he was alive. Does that warrant dancing on his grave? Certainly not. But that's not what weigie was doing. read sky's post. he summed it up perfectly. nobody is arguing weigie's point. to come into the middle of people expressing their grief, however, and attempt to put yourself above that by introducing a "who's life is worthy of more grief" was inappropriate. sure, weigie could have done the right thing and started a forum on this topic in the tailgate, but coming off as as elitist jerk was more important to him. funny you should chime in to his defense ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliaz Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I just heard about this and had no idea he was in an accident. Very sad and tragic. Thoughts and Prayers go out to his family. It is a shame when a young person passes, I hope his family will be able to make it through this difficult time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm more sorry that this guy died: http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-soldier-k...,0,782053.story Odd you chose to honor a fallen serviceman in the middle of a thread about Chris Henry? I would think this deserves a thread of his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Prayers to his kids and family Picked him up in my local for one last dance! RIP C. Hank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdmanJones Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thoughts & prayers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 read sky's post. he summed it up perfectly. nobody is arguing weigie's point. to come into the middle of people expressing their grief, however, and attempt to put yourself above that by introducing a "who's life is worthy of more grief" was inappropriate. sure, weigie could have done the right thing and started a forum on this topic in the tailgate, but coming off as as elitist jerk was more important to him. funny you should chime in to his defense ... Wow. Pot meet kettle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Odd you chose to honor a fallen serviceman in the middle of a thread about Chris Henry? I would think this deserves a thread of his own. You are correct. I just posted it in the tailgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Wow. Pot meet kettle. and you now have the trifecta. couldn't resist, could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Meanwhile, getting back to Chris Henry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 and you now have the trifecta. couldn't resist, could you? Not when you write something like that, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 For what it's worth, I mpstly (though not completely) regret my earlier post in this thread. I just had gotten finished reading the article about the soldier and I was annoyed that Chris Henry was getting all of the attention. It is what it is. I probably shouldn't have made my post in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepinmofo Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 For what it's worth, I mpstly (though not completely) regret my earlier post in this thread. I just had gotten finished reading the article about the soldier and I was annoyed that Chris Henry was getting all of the attention. It is what it is. I probably shouldn't have made my post in this thread. No doubt most folks here would agree with you on your point. But the fact is, this is a Chris Henry thread. Thus, people are mourning his death, not anyone elses. Dont worry dude... We all still love you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 For what it's worth, I mpstly (though not completely) regret my earlier post in this thread. I just had gotten finished reading the article about the soldier and I was annoyed that Chris Henry was getting all of the attention. It is what it is. I probably shouldn't have made my post in this thread. if we can't get completely, we'll take mpstly ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 if we can't get completely, we'll take mpstly ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stand10 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Odd you chose to honor a fallen serviceman in the middle of a thread about Chris Henry? I would think this deserves a thread of his own. No one would look at it or pay any attention to it. Go ahead and post it, I bet you would get less than 100 views and less than 10 posts. Us Americans have our priorities mixed up, We think a "Celebrities" lives are more important than "Avergae Joe" ala. Michael Jackson, Johny Cash and even Billy Mays and many others. Any life lost is sad...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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