What's the big deal?
A minority 'role model' that thousands of minority children look up to acted like a 5 year old in one of the games premier events.
The Clemens throwing that bat at Piazza got the exact same treatment 9 years ago.
How many of you didn't think that was a big deal either?
A minority 'role model' that thousands of minority children look up to acted like a 5 year old in one of the games premier events.
The Clemens throwing that bat at Piazza got the exact same treatment 9 years ago.
How many of you didn't think that was a big deal either?
Perhaps you're unfamiliar with how world class tennis operates. The companies and individuals who put up the millions to facilitate such events would suffer a huge financial hit if their lineup did not include one of the top 3 female players on planet Earth. In the meantime, they won't lose a dime of revenue due to anything she may have said in a fit of pique during a crucial moment in this tourney.
To be more fair, such an outburst will likely attract at least a bit more attention to future tourneys as both media and spectators eagerly watch in hopes she might do it again.
Actually, the asian woman has very good grounds for assault charges.
Note that Serena took her racquet and shook it in the woman's face
as she said:
I swear to God I’ll fucking take this ball and shove it down your fucking throat! Do you hear me? I swear to God. You better be glad–you better be fucking glad that I’m not, I swear.”
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Assault - an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal or civil liability. Generally, the common law definition is the same in criminal and Tort Law. There is, however, an additional Criminal Law category of assault consisting of an attempted but unsuccessful Battery.
The act required for an assault must be overt. Although words alone are insufficient, they might create an assault when coupled with some action that indicates the ability to carry out the threat. A mere threat to harm is not an assault; however, a threat combined with a raised fist might be sufficient if it causes a reasonable apprehension of harm in the victim.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the lady sues Serena and gets a large
monetary settlement.
Note that Serena took her racquet and shook it in the woman's face
as she said:
I swear to God I’ll fucking take this ball and shove it down your fucking throat! Do you hear me? I swear to God. You better be glad–you better be fucking glad that I’m not, I swear.”
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Assault - an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in either criminal or civil liability. Generally, the common law definition is the same in criminal and Tort Law. There is, however, an additional Criminal Law category of assault consisting of an attempted but unsuccessful Battery.
The act required for an assault must be overt. Although words alone are insufficient, they might create an assault when coupled with some action that indicates the ability to carry out the threat. A mere threat to harm is not an assault; however, a threat combined with a raised fist might be sufficient if it causes a reasonable apprehension of harm in the victim.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the lady sues Serena and gets a large
monetary settlement.
*Oh I absolutely agree that no one is going to be going out of their way to get parenting advice from me. There's people with far more expertise to whom they can call on or learn from than me.
*As for your young lassie, she may well be a social jewel today and maybe even continue to be one in coming years. But the bottom line is that once she hits adulthood, she'll be saying and behaving however she wants and you - like me with my three adult kids now - will merely be an interested bystander.
Me...both at that time and most especially in hindsight.
The game in which that occurred was completed without further incident. And neither Clemens, Piazza, the Dodgers or the Astros have had any problem conducting business as usual every day, month and season since that night.
gimme a break... the only people that might not show up if serena was suspended at a major would be her entourage of fat ass family members.
but in reality , they would still be flying first class on venus's dime...
can you just imagine the uproar at the aussie open next january if serena isnt there... they might have to cancel..
hardly...
Barman,
Many parents have input into their adult children's lives. My dad still
speaks into my life, and I noticed that in Michael Jordan's hall of fame
acceptance speech the other day, he commented that his mother is
still shaping his behavior even at his current age.
My dad is not an innocent bystander in my life and will never be. The
same is true for me and my kids.
The amount of money you have personally paid to watch a major US tennis tournament in person is literally pennies compared to the hundreds of millions spent annually by event sponsors, organizers and regular live spectators.
And as I noted in my earlier post, all of them are better off if Serena continues to play without interuption than if she is restrained from participating.
Your opinion (and mine as well...) have utterly no influence on what will happen here and what will happen in any future major tennis events. So to pretend that any of us can motivate the sport to start shooting themselves in the foot financially is kinda silly.
By innocent bystander, I'm referring to the lack of control that is often enjoyed by some parents during the minor-age years of their kids.
I'm glad your dad is an active part of your life. But who is responsible for your own personal choices, words and actions?
I'm going to guess the answer is "You, 100%"
Thus, if anyone were to complain about some word, action or choice you personally make and then try to fob it off on your Dad due to "how he raised you" is frankly absurd.
