At Training Camp - Joke or Not Funny At All [THREAD CLOSED]

Icon said
Pretty sure this is the first time I've ever been accused of being "politically correct" :spit: .

Same here. :spit: That just goes to show the dangers of trying to win arguments by labeling the entire other side.

SaintBoof said
To everyone saying grown men shouldn't wear jerseys or ask for autographs, can you please write down your hobbies so I can tell u how stupid they are thanks.

Bravo on that point.

Some people might actually laugh at it if it happened to them. There would be nothing wrong with that. Some people might be so invested in the idea of getting an autographed jersey of their favorite player that they would feel hurt and upset if it happened to them. That shouldn't be seen as a wrong response and be belittled either.

DavidM said
So Coleman is a prick and the people who aren't upset by this are sheep in denial?

Okay, shouldn't stop with Coleman then. If he had Colston's helmet (or name tape) and jersey, seems likely he was in on it, too. And by the description of what happened, other players as well. So Colston - by all accounts a stand-up, hardworking, productive, high character player - is a prick if he had involvement in the gag?

Like I said, I can understand if some of the fans who were involved felt disappointed but that's about as much of a reaction as I can muster. I think a lot of us agree it wasn't a good idea, but I don't feel like a sheep because I'm not sharpening my pitchfork and lighting my torch; I don't consider myself to be in blind denial because I don't think an ill-advised prank is cause enough to start criticizing Coleman's character.

I absolutely love Colston as a Saint but if he were in on it, then yes, that should be acknowledged. Having said that, I could understand if it didn't occur to him that Coleman might be signing a fan's Colston jersey in the process. This whole thing is not a huge deal when it comes to judging anyone's overall character. Coleman is young and will hopefully learn a little something from what happened. Things like this just blow up more on message boards when the regular NFL season is not underway and we don't have that to discuss.

guidomerkinsrules said
i'm with you on your overall point, but your PC-dar is WAY off
from what i can tell the "Coleman is a car vandalizing prick" crowd is much more the property rights/stand your ground crowd
which means not a lot of venn diagram overlap with the "PC" crowd (though maybe 2% of people actually know what PC is about)

The car vandalizing comparison wasn't a very good one and I sort of acknowledged that last night. The point in it though was that I am sure that there would be situations in which Coleman would not laugh at if someone else ruined his property as "a joke." But do go ahead and stay latched onto the acknowledged extreme comparison instead of addressing the intended point.