Re: UCLA BB players arrested in China
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:57 am
17-18 year olds are perfectly capable of beeing foolish and showing poor judgement
without the aide of alcohol.
without the aide of alcohol.
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Well in the case of trying to steal something from a store, I'd lean more towards alcohol not being involved and it being more of a compulsive behavior. Stealing a laptop from a frat house would make me think alcohol was involved. I worked at VRC one winter term and without fail it seemed like every visiting M/W BB team would end up walking through the mall in small groups and always in matching team jumpsuits.OregonFan4Life wrote:It’s definitely not an excuse, just can’t imagine someone doing something so foolish unless if their judgement was impaired by alcohol.woundedknees wrote:Not that alcohol is an excuse.OregonFan4Life wrote:Is there any indication if the kids were intoxicated at all? I have a hard time imagining them doing something so stupid without the help of alcohol.
One stupid decision doesn't justify more of the same.
There's a bit of middle ground between 'a pass' and a potential decade in a Chinese prison.DrBradBuss wrote:LiAngelo is no kid. He's almost 19. He knows the difference between right and wrong and illegal. I'm guessing he's known for damn near a decade that it's not okay to steal.
I love it when people want to give others a pass for bad behavior they call them "kids."
They are kids, it's not a pass, but if you have never did anything dumbass as a 15 to 22 year old feel free to speak up. I know I did a couple things looking back and shaking my head about....... that's what kids do...they do know right from wrong and should get disciplined....by UCLA and their parents...not a Chinese prison or public caning....which could happen.DrBradBuss wrote:LiAngelo is no kid. He's almost 19. He knows the difference between right and wrong and illegal. I'm guessing he's known for damn near a decade that it's not okay to steal.
I love it when people want to give others a pass for bad behavior they call them "kids."
Why are these US citizens different from any other tourist in China?Alan wrote:They are kids, it's not a pass, but if you have never did anything dumbass as a 15 to 22 year old feel free to speak up. I know I did a couple things looking back and shaking my head about....... that's what kids do...they do know right from wrong and should get disciplined....by UCLA and their parents...not a Chinese prison or public caning....which could happen.DrBradBuss wrote:LiAngelo is no kid. He's almost 19. He knows the difference between right and wrong and illegal. I'm guessing he's known for damn near a decade that it's not okay to steal.
I love it when people want to give others a pass for bad behavior they call them "kids."
Not talking about raised privileged young athletes, strictly talking about dumbass kids doing dumb things... I would feel the same if it was a 19 yr old "Joe Nobody".BlackbirdDuck wrote:Why are these US citizens different from any other tourist in China?Alan wrote:They are kids, it's not a pass, but if you have never did anything dumbass as a 15 to 22 year old feel free to speak up. I know I did a couple things looking back and shaking my head about....... that's what kids do...they do know right from wrong and should get disciplined....by UCLA and their parents...not a Chinese prison or public caning....which could happen.DrBradBuss wrote:LiAngelo is no kid. He's almost 19. He knows the difference between right and wrong and illegal. I'm guessing he's known for damn near a decade that it's not okay to steal.
I love it when people want to give others a pass for bad behavior they call them "kids."
Yesalxtw wrote:So if a group of college Chinese basketball players come to participate in an exhibition game in the US and a few of them walk into a Louis Vuitton store and steal some items, they shouldn't have to go to prison in the US and should be allowed to go back to China to be disciplined by their parents and their school?