(08-17-2017 11:10 AM)karter25 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:06 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  It's not a good look for either him or the University, but it's a victimless crime.

I'll judge someone skipping out on a tab harsher than selling ecstasy.

Everyone who thinks this is the "dumb post of the day" please say I

I? Do you mean aye?

Welp I've seen a lot more harm done with Roids, Meth and Pain Killers than Ecstasy.

But...I'm looking at the bottom line. who I'd rather have come into my store or meet me in a dark alley behind it.

A smiley E head or a toothless methhead.
A raging paranoid roidhead...a heroin addict outta H....

Bottom lines are harsh. Moral highgrounds are pretty places that exist only in our imagination.

(08-17-2017 10:14 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 10:05 AM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:55 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  He can pull it together any time he makes up his mind to do so. Someone will offer him a better job than dealing. Sheesh, even our beloved DJ and Austin have had problems.


Joe didn't hurt anybody...physically I mean.

Except for helping feed people's destructive addictive behavior.

I'm talking legal charges. But hey. Organize a lynch mob. There seem to be some fellow fans itchin to step down from their moral high ground for a sec or two.

No lynch mob. But I have worked with people with addictions for a number of years and have seen lives absolutely destroyed. I don't really have any sympathy when someone gets busted for dealing drugs.

(08-17-2017 12:05 PM)roundhouse74 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:10 AM)karter25 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:06 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  It's not a good look for either him or the University, but it's a victimless crime.

I'll judge someone skipping out on a tab harsher than selling ecstasy.

Everyone who thinks this is the "dumb post of the day" please say I

I? Do you mean aye?

I. Aye. 38. 39. Whatever it takes.

Skipping out on a tab might have been a misunderstanding, or it might just be a sign of entitlement. smh

Making an illegal left turn is going to be a turning point in Joe's life. :D
Where does he go from here?

(08-17-2017 12:11 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 10:14 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 10:05 AM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:55 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  He can pull it together any time he makes up his mind to do so. Someone will offer him a better job than dealing. Sheesh, even our beloved DJ and Austin have had problems.


Joe didn't hurt anybody...physically I mean.

Except for helping feed people's destructive addictive behavior.

I'm talking legal charges. But hey. Organize a lynch mob. There seem to be some fellow fans itchin to step down from their moral high ground for a sec or two.

No lynch mob. But I have worked with people with addictions for a number of years and have seen lives absolutely destroyed. I don't really have any sympathy when someone gets busted for dealing drugs.

Then you should prolly add quite a few docs to your no sympathy list.

Poor sweet Tiger Woods....caught with 5 drugs in his blood....wonder where he got those.

(08-17-2017 11:55 AM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:53 AM)karter25 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:50 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I could give you the victim argument if he had been selling something even as hard as coke, not to mention the unsavory bits that come with the business.

People who want to buy MDMA aren't addicted to it. They just want to geek out and get laid. But they're not victims either.

What was the loaded gun for?

There's plenty of people in this city who aren't involved in gang life who carry illegal weapons.

What should happen to them if arrested?

(08-17-2017 12:16 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 12:11 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 10:14 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 10:05 AM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 09:55 AM)snowtiger Wrote:  He can pull it together any time he makes up his mind to do so. Someone will offer him a better job than dealing. Sheesh, even our beloved DJ and Austin have had problems.


Joe didn't hurt anybody...physically I mean.

Except for helping feed people's destructive addictive behavior.

I'm talking legal charges. But hey. Organize a lynch mob. There seem to be some fellow fans itchin to step down from their moral high ground for a sec or two.

No lynch mob. But I have worked with people with addictions for a number of years and have seen lives absolutely destroyed. I don't really have any sympathy when someone gets busted for dealing drugs.

Then you should prolly add quite a few docs to your no sympathy list.

Doctors over prescribing pain pills has reached epidemic proportions with devastating effects on our society. I wouldn't give them a pass any more than anyone else.

I don't think anyone in here has said this isn't a crime, if true.

You're getting hung up on the lack of victims.

(08-17-2017 12:15 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  Skipping out on a tab might have been a misunderstanding, or it might just be a sign of entitlement. smh

Making an illegal left turn is going to be a turning point in Joe's life. :D
Where does he go from here?

College grad, 1st offense - hopefully he gets a chance to turn it around. It's the loaded gun, probably unregistered, that seems to be the biggest problem.

(08-17-2017 12:16 PM)karter25 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:55 AM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:53 AM)karter25 Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 11:50 AM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  I could give you the victim argument if he had been selling something even as hard as coke, not to mention the unsavory bits that come with the business.

People who want to buy MDMA aren't addicted to it. They just want to geek out and get laid. But they're not victims either.

What was the loaded gun for?

There's plenty of people in this city who aren't involved in gang life who carry illegal weapons.

What should happen to them if arrested?

Confiscate the gun. Misdemeanor and Fine.

(08-17-2017 12:20 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(08-17-2017 12:15 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  Skipping out on a tab might have been a misunderstanding, or it might just be a sign of entitlement. smh

Making an illegal left turn is going to be a turning point in Joe's life. :D
Where does he go from here?

College grad, 1st offense - hopefully he gets a chance to turn it around. It's the loaded gun, probably unregistered, that seems to be the biggest problem.

yea. 1st offense is the best part. May it be his last.

He'll probably be needing a job too.

It's ecstasy, not heroin. Big difference.

Josh pastner's former players going wild.

DJ - domestic abuse
Joe- drugs/gun

2 Lawsons- causing problems different ways

(08-17-2017 12:54 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  It's ecstasy, not heroin. Big difference.

Tell that to a judge.

Coast to Coast Joe.

The name still fits all these years later

It is just another tragic example of the culture we've all spent the last 40 years creating. 1979 can be pointed to as the year college sports began to spiral out of control and now it is so far gone its laughable. This is now the third generation and they really believe everything is a game and everything is hype and everybody cheats and all should be forgiven and they should never have to pay for the consequences of their actions. We should all be ashamed.

(08-17-2017 01:01 PM)tmoneyinmphs Wrote:  Josh pastner's former players going wild.

DJ - domestic abuse
Joe- drugs/gun

2 Lawsons- causing problems different ways

This and much, much more.

The assaults, heroin junkies, thievery.

I'm beginning to think Josh Pastner was NOT the problem at Memphis.

By the way, tmoney, check yo pms.

(08-17-2017 01:20 PM)cmt Wrote:  It is just another tragic example of the culture we've all spent the last 40 years creating. 1979 can be pointed to as the year college sports began to spiral out of control and now it is so far gone its laughable. This is now the third generation and they really believe everything is a game and everything is hype and everybody cheats and all should be forgiven and they should never have to pay for the consequences of their actions. We should all be ashamed.

We even had a basketball playa back then who liked to brandish a pistol. Pointed it at a teammate and scared him back to Raytown, MO. Even drew down on the Miss. St. team bus in the player parking lot at MSC.

They should be ashamed.


Don't mind me. That was just an experiment to see how it sounds when I say it.