OT: Texas Southern band member punches heckler during football game
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Why didn't you tell us that you didn't have a dollar to your name? I'm sure we could have taken up a collection.If I had a dollar for every time a 40-pound instrument I was lugging around served as an impediment...
By virtue of your profile avatar - I kind of figured as much.
Imo You have a right to do your job in peace. Someone says something harassing to you on the street and you walk away and they follow you into a corner you can fight your way out.
It wouldn't matter what he called them, you still can't just punch someone because they called you or a loved one a "name". I'm not trying to be kind-hearted or caring, that's just the rules/laws of the society in which we live.
It really doesn't matter what the guy was screaming or saying to the tuba guy, you still are not allowed to assault another person just because they are calling you names or yelling at you.
Whether you accept that or not, that is up to you.
That isn't true though.
If the guy is saying "I'm going to kill you" he most certainly can eliminate that fear.
the world and we as a people wont be truly free until sousaphone player persecution ends..
I once got punched by a midget. He was sitting at a bar smoking a cigar when I casually mentioned to him that smoking could stunt his growth and he punched me in the ear. That's the thanks I got for trying to help....
I’m not sure, but I know he left with a tall good-looking woman. On his way out the door he flipped me off for good measure.when he stumbled out of the bar, was a he a "little drunk?"
BTW: This thread has taken an evil turn....
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At least the Sousaphone player did not pull a gun and shoot him.
did he work at a bar in the south side, live in a doghouse on the bar, come out when a bell rang, and later go missing?
lol, loved that little dude. RIP, he passed away awhile ago. was it wednesdays when you'd pay 20 bucks and he'd come out and pour yellow syrup on everyone's head in the bar then run back into his house in the corner?
damn i miss being young and dumb. now im just dumb..
I agree, as would most people in that situation. Then again, you have to consider what happened to that poor Marine (Daniel Penny) up in NY who was protecting not only himself but others in the subway from that clown who was threatening to kill everyone.
While that may be true, our society would be even better then that if parents raised their children the right way and taught them about the word RESPECT and how to use it in their daily lives.
Damn, you are really taking this hard, aren't you?
Did someone in a band hurt you when you were younger? Is there anything you want to talk about, or share with us to maybe begin the healing process?
Nope, I'm good. Thanks for asking though Dr. Phil.
Exactly.
And screaming in someone’s face is not respectful.
Thankfully the band member taught that moron what his parents did not.
Of course, you are defending the screamer so…I’m confused on what constitutes respect in your mind.
This thread reminds me of a conversation I had with my dad when I was a teenager. I was going into high school, and he said, “God bless you if I catch you throwing the first punch. But feel free to throw the last one.“.
First of all, I am not defending any one. I am just trying to point out that the tuba guy's actions took the incident to a whole new level. we don't know what was said, but unless that guy (who was probably drunk) touched him or threatened him with bodily harm, he's wrong. You are correct when you said that screaming in someone's face is not respectful. I would ask you to ask any friends who are Police Officers or Attorney's is it okay to punch someone who is screaming in your face. I am willing to bet that an overwhelming majority of them would say no.
Have you seen the videos of the police up in NY getting screamed at by people, some right in their face and the cops can't do anything about until that person makes contact with them or threatens them.
terrible advice.. telling someone to never throw the first punch gets them knocked out 90% of the time.
i watched the tip off hoops game last night on espn+ and have found something to replace the dumpster fire of our football team
pittdan77
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Unfortunately, this is true if you're too close. In any situation like that, distance is your friend. An extra foot or two could be the difference between defending yourself and ending up as a World Star video.
The last person you want to piss off is a Sousaphone player lol. Those dudes have more “brass” than anyone else in the band! 😊
pittdan77
Athletic Director
I mean, let's call it like it is. If you're getting stomped by a band kid, you're really circling the drain of manhood. That said, it is true that sousaphone players are by far the most dangerous members of the band. These are kids that were big enough to play football and perhaps even strong enough but their mom just wouldn't let them. When they joined the band, the directors don't give big ass horns to the scrawny kids so he didn't have much of a choice. I mean, he could have played a bass drum but those drummer kids are all wannabe rock stars and they try to stay away from the police dogs because they smell kinda funny, if you know what I mean. So there he is, in the hot sun during band camp carrying around this big shiny horn and sweating his ass off to play like four notes over and over again. The girls stay away from them because they're sweaty and burnt all the time and they have to sit in the last row at games because nobody can see over their horns. They're also at least two rows away from the next row because they have to have somewhere to put the horns between songs and the row in front of the horns are the much cooler trombone section. These kids weren't allowed to play football either but they somehow can pull the cute flautists after games. So now you're playing the same four notes for the seventh time that day and here comes some jaggoff wanting to talk crap on you. Something finally snapped. Of course it did.
Maybe the band member “felt” threatened. That seems to be the criteria for using force for the police.
You never want to mess with a tuba player. I was one in the Pitt Band and my friend playing tuba in front of me bowled over Dr. Jerry Punch doing sideline coverage for ESPN (he was standing right in our way so he had it coming). I think this was a Thursday night game against Syracuse in 99. I remember the giveaway that night was the inflatable boom sticks. Does anyone else remember this? I’ve never been able to find footage of it anywhere.
Also about a third of the band got suspended after that game for showing up obliterated. It was a fun night.
Also about a third of the band got suspended after that game for showing up obliterated. It was a fun night.
Please tell me that nutcase isn’t trying to compare what Humas did in Isreal, as a state sponsored terror group, to what the US did in Viet Nam, as a way to justify humas beheading babies.
For those who you who continue to support the tuba player, I ask the following question...
Let's just say the guy doing the yelling was calling the tuna player's mother every name in the book (or whatever it would take to have gotten him to take a swing at him), He makes contact and the guy falls down, smacks is head on the steps or bleachers and dies. Would you still feel that the tuba player did nothing wrong? I think that just about every police office, attorney and judge in this country would disagree with you. That young man in the band, then is getting arrested and charged with some type of aggravated assault or murder charge and being placed in jail.
It just wouldn't be worth it.
Let's just say the guy doing the yelling was calling the tuna player's mother every name in the book (or whatever it would take to have gotten him to take a swing at him), He makes contact and the guy falls down, smacks is head on the steps or bleachers and dies. Would you still feel that the tuba player did nothing wrong? I think that just about every police office, attorney and judge in this country would disagree with you. That young man in the band, then is getting arrested and charged with some type of aggravated assault or murder charge and being placed in jail.
It just wouldn't be worth it.
