Help us OUTLAW booing.

[Daytripper63]

I )@*#^ &@%# *# $(%&^(* *#^$!
(@*# new laws, the peices of crap in elected offices dont let anyone enforce the worthwhile few laws we have, and only enforce the *^%@#$ &^%%$* laws like this being proposed!
And the penalty will probably be anger management classes, whos the jack&^^ that thought this one up and how much money are they spending to push it through, I can think of plenty of worthwhile causes that could use a little help and be alot more useful than a Boo Hoo ordinance.
I am tired of candy ass politicians trying to protect everyone from themself

[Daytripper63]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

What? You object to laws against robbery, burglary and murder, too?

Yes, because you can pass all the laws you want but they are never enforced!
We have gun laws coming out our @$$ but anytime a crime is committed the first thing the public defenders do is dismiss the gun charges, our laws are not worth the paper they are written on UNLESS you or I commit a crime, then they say we know better and get us on everything.
The other day I watched a sherriff write a citation to a homeless person for asking for handouts on a HWY offramp, I my first thought is "Do you really think this person is going to care he got a ticket and will actually pay a fine or show up in court?" I dont think so
Meanwhile the real crimes still go on and nothing seems to get done

[maestro8]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

Dave, You're baiting me again, aren't you?

Dave & Billy,

Please PM me when you've gotten old and gone deaf. I'd love to hear you two trying to have a conversation when you can't understand each other...

Dave: "Windy isn't it?"
Billy: "No, it's Thursday!"
Dave: "Me, too, let's go get a drink!"

[johnfoss]

Originally Posted by Daytripper63

I )@*#^ &@%# *# $(%&^(* *#^$!

That beats booing in my book. How come nobody is complaining about cursing?

My wife and I go to lots of Sacramento Kings games. There are rules against offensive language, which I think are quite sensible at an event where lots of kids are present. Want to curse? Go outside. But the crowd does boo sometimes. Who do they boo? Almost never the players. The boos are almost exclusively reserved for the referees, as an indication that the crowd isn't happy with a call (and is right most of the time). Usually we only boo for calls against the home team, so that's a little one-sided. I guess that would happen anywhere...

There's a difference between booing and sportsmanship. When my local NBA crowd boos, it's usually to indicate a *breakdown* of sportsmanship, in the form of a bad call.

As for high school games, I don't go to any but I think it is reasonable to expect a level of decorum appropriate to a school environment. Any such rules of behavior should be enforced strictly, *especially* on the adults/parents. Can't set a good example? Stay away from kids' sports.

[allskrewedup]

Lets just BOOO the ACLU and then they will try to outlaw booing, and then we can just BOOO them more

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by allskrewedup

Lets just BOOO the ACLU and then they will try to outlaw booing, and then we can just BOOO them more

Do you know what the ACLU is?

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

Do you know what the ACLU is?

Run by people who got booed during the high school debate team championships?

[uni57]

Originally Posted by maestro8

Dave & Billy,

Please PM me when you've gotten old and gone deaf. I'd love to hear you two trying to have a conversation when you can't understand each other...

Dave: "Windy isn't it?"
Billy: "No, it's Thursday!"
Dave: "Me, too, let's go get a drink!"

LOL. It's already happening. He's like a rock song where you can't quite make out the lyrics.

He's quite a, um, colorful character in real life, too. Have you ever met our enigmatic BillyTheMountain?

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by uni57

Have you ever met our enigmatic BillyTheMountain?

Yes. He's a mountain I always look up to.

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by johnfoss

The boos are almost exclusively reserved for the referees, as an indication that the crowd isn't happy with a call (and is right most of the time).

Part of the reason for this rule is just that. Refs are intimidated. Booing is on the slippery slope to assaulting the refs.

You can't even find refs willing to do the job anymore, with all the intimidation and assaults.

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by john_childs

Run by people who got booed during the high school debate team championships?

Unless I misunderstood, that Washington place is trying to get it outlawed, and Billy was joking about the ACLU trying to argue for a constitutional right to boo.

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

Unless I misunderstood, that Washington place is trying to get it outlawed, and Billy was joking about the ACLU trying to argue for a constitutional right to boo.

Wow! Did I really say that? I wish I had time to go back and look.

It doesn't sound familiar, but it sounds like something I might do.

Are you fooling with me, monkey?

[monkeyman]

Originally Posted by BillyTheMountain

Wow! Did I really say that? I wish I had time to go back and look.

It doesn't sound familiar, but it sounds like something I might do.

Are you fooling with me, monkey?

Stop it.

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by monkeyman

Stop it.

You OK, monkey?