Asshat Quote of the Day

Michael Vick, the NFL quarterback,recently got busted for being involved with dog fighting. An NBA referee recently got busted for gambling on games he umpired. Barry Bonds is considered as one of today's elite players, but has the shadow of steroids hanging over him. These are only a few examples of sport figures not being responsible when it comes to their personal conduct. Why would these type of people who have life by the tail put everything at risk like that?

Perhaps the problem lies in giving these people too much money or responsility or temptations before they are ready for such.

Perhaps it is due to the collapsing societal morals we are facing in todays world.

In the end it comes down to this: To whom much is giving, much is expected. - Skydive Rick

Can't you come up with an original thought, instead of constantly parroting themes from Doug's blog?

That has to be one of the dumbest fucking things I've read in ages. It's a perfect microcosm of bat-shit crazy conservative thinking. It's also a completely un-conservative point of view.

I'll just quote the comment I left on his blog;

Uh.. giving these people too much money or responsibility?

Did somebody give you too much money Rick? Is bad behavior by a very few reason to not pay others what they are worth? Who's to say how much they should get paid? You? Who's to say they "are ready for such"? You?

What a fucking joke.

Did somebody "give" Barry Bonds his job, or did he earn it?

What about Lindsay Lohan? She's got life by the tail too, and is screwing up badly. Should we regulate actors pay because some screw up?

And what is this bullshit about "collapsing morals"? Why not "those damn kids!" Why not "get off muh lawn!" ??

This idea of "collapsing morals" is all bullshit... this is a nation that had slavery, and later segregation. You have not a shred of evidence of this moral decline. You're just a fucking parrot, because you've heard Doug use that phrase.. and he has no evidence of it either.

You were given much (i.e. you didn't earn your retirement). What's expected of you? You ever make a mistake Rick? You ever fuck up?

By the way.. NBA officials are "referees" and they "referee" games. Baseball officials are "umpires".

/update

I don't think I made this point clear enough. Rick was given his retirement via inheritence. He didn't earn it. Barry Bonds earned his paycheck through hard work and talent. He wasn't "given" his money like Rick was. He was paid the free market fees for his services, and that's capitalism.

You can debate Bonds' steroid use and it's implications for the record books. I happen to think he doesn't deserve any records. It's rediculous to spout this "they get paid to much" bullshit. Professionals of all trades are skilled at their jobs and command market rates for their services. That how this economy works, and fuck you if you think a ticket price for a baseball game is too much. Earn more to pay for it. Fuck you if you think a baseball player makes too much money. He can hit a 95 mph fastball and you can't. He can get 20,000 people to pay to see a 3 hour game, and you can't.

People fuck up, but that has nothing to do with the industry they work in. You are a complete asshole for thinking that you are the keeper of when "people are ready for it". Wby the fuck do you think you get a vote on that Rick? It's not your life. You don't get to have any say in that. Just because somebody gets paid a lot, or just because they are "famous", doesn't mean they are any better or worse than anybody else. How can you say "much is expected"? That's so fucking stupid it's beyond words. They are human beings, the same as anybody else... subject to fucking up just like anybody else.

God damn, you're a stupid fucking moron Rick.