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MIAMI (Reuters) - A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.
"Life is tough. Life is even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
Some people just don't have the tools and life skills that many of us take for granted. This is a man who is aggressive, emotionally unstable and prone to violence. He lacks intelligence and impulse control. He probably comes from a broken, dysfunctional, single parent home and has a history of heavy drug and alcohol abuse.
He lacks the intelligence and vocabulary to adequately express his emotions and will, therefore, resort to violence. Contact with such an individual should be avoided if at all possible because you cannot predict what will be percieved as an insult and his reaction will likely be violent.
MIAMI (Reuters) - A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday.
The only case in the world where there has happened is Florida, so I say again, Classic Yankee Behaviour.
Whoooa! Wait a minute. I'm talking about an individual who resorts to violence because of a perceived insult. You think that Florida is the only place in the world where this has happened? You are joking of course. There is no way that you could be serious.
I said that Florida was the only place a brawl has happened so far over MJ.
Oh, ok. At least that we know of anyway.
I believe this guy would have flown off the handle over anything that he perceived to be an insult. He was violence waiting to happen.
Discussing that fact that this happened because it was Michael Jackson introduces a racial element to the story. The perpetrator was Black and, obviously, Michael Jackson is Black. I'd be willing to bet that the bus driver was White. Otherwise, why would the perpetrator have felt so personally offended by the comment?
In any event, it would take the kind of person that I described to react the way this guy did. Most people with a half a brain would not react violently even if the insult WAS directed at them personally.
As far as Yankees out to defend Michael Jackson, I don't get that. Maybe you could elaborate.
- Reel
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