Carjack On!

Why would you have to steal a care when you have the glorious Trojan network on your side? I don't get it.

5 months ago Bruin Roar 10 comments 0 recs |

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The contrast

The fanshot below (now on the home page) has a Bruin hoops alum meeting Obama and visiting China … and then your fanshot. Yikes.

by Nestor on Jun 22, 2009 6:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think this is a really sad story and I really hate to see a 35 year old man who had the good fortune to play D-1 basketball (and have some pro Ks) end up in a desperate strait where he has to resort to this.

This kind of story should make all of us appreciate what Ed O has been able to do (managing his finances well with the Ks signed during his pro career and then able to make a tough transition in real life) even more.

Even for a Trojan … after a while stories like this get depressing. Again may be I am getting old.

by Nestor on Jun 22, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Another trOJan, another soon-to-be-resident of CDC

It’s not depressing, it’s infuriating. Carjacking is a crime that poses great risk to human life. No matter how poor, how low you have sunk, how desperate you are, violent crimes are never an acceptable response.

I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy or sadness for this loser. If the charges prove to be true, I hope he rots in prison for a very long time.

by Bellerophon on Jun 22, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't say I pity this guy.

I pity those who are born into a life of crime. Some people are born so poor that they might have no choice but to steal to survive. While I don’t agree with it, I can at least sort of understand it.

I have no sympathy for Stais Boseman. This guy, for a time, made more money than most people make. He lived a life that most people can’t live. If he is now in a situation where he has to steal cars to survive, then it’s his own fault. Meanwhile, Ed O’ Bannon is still a law abiding member of our society despite not living the ideal superstar life after college.

by Bruin Roar on Jun 22, 2009 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't agree with part, Bruin Roar

“I pity those who are born into a life of crime. Some people are born so poor that they might have no choice but to steal to survive.” In my experience, a person chooses a life of crime. I think you may have overstated your position just a bit, because you imply that if a person is poor he must necessarily commit crime. I have no doubt of the close association between poverty and crime, but I will not concede a causal connection. There are too many anecdotal examples to the contrary. And poverty obviously does not explain crimes by friend Madoff, by the Menendez brothers, and so on.

So your first paragraph I can’t agree with. Your second paragraph I totally agree with.

by Fox 71 on Jun 23, 2009 6:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

this is just sad

And I can’t take any pleasure from watching the downfall of this Trojan.

Forget “this guy was born poor and therefore more inclined to turn to a life of crime.” But, this guy WAS failed by a school system (public and private) that prized his athletic skills over the need to educate him as a young man. I have known personally people like this who got away with a lot of stuff in high school and thereafter, who are now homeless and addicted to drugs. This is an all too common occurrence in this country.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Jun 23, 2009 8:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I take no pleasure in it.

I’m just pointing it out. If it didn’t happen, I wouldn’t have to say anything. They are more than willing to point out our failures.

As for your second paragraph, sooner or later a person needs to take responsibility for himself and stop blaming the system or the schooling. Nobody made him a criminal.

by Bruin Roar on Jun 23, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was my point about your first post, Bruin Roar

He made some choices, and they were bad. Now he has to pay the consequences, just like everyone else (except just$c* and the guys currently on scholarship.) I have no evidence to back this one up, but it may well be that what he learned at just$c* was that he could do whatever he wanted and there were never adverse consequences. That doesn’t tranlate well to real life.

by Fox 71 on Jun 23, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs