So some referees screwed up a call during a college football game a few days ago. Now, because of it, one ref has taken a leave of absence and some of the refs have received death threats.
Death threats.
For a football game.
I don't normally curse but... what the fuck is wrong with America?
We accuse radical Islamic groups of being evil, of being wrong to use religion as a reason to commit violence. We call them animals, we call them scum. We cringe at the supposed insanity of religious zealotry that influences people to become suicide bombers, to crash planes into world trade centers and pentagons, to sail fishing boats into warships. And yet, here we are, a people who would terrorize a guy because he mucked up a call during a football game.
A football game.
9/11 was just five years ago. How easily these foolish Americans forget.
Posted by glenn at September 20, 2006 11:47 PM