Should Janet Jackson have been tasered for ruining the halftime show?

Bonobo

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Wed May-05-10 07:18 PM
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Should Janet Jackson have been tasered for ruining the halftime show?

Edited on Wed May-05-10 07:48 PM by Bonobo

According to many, many people here, the logic behind tasering the young man who ran on the field during a Phillies game was that he "ruined" the game for a few seconds.
The secondary reason given most often here is that he represented a threat to the players.

Well, the first point is easily countered by asking if Janet Jackson should have been tasered.
For the second point, let me enquire as to whether there is any other situation where an unarmed person would be considered a threat for simply showing too much enthusiasm.

I really think the US has gone nuts and that the madness has worked its way deeply into many individuals.

To advocate that kind of torturous pain (yes, it is torturous pain. If you don't believe me, watch some videos of people being tasered) for the crime of running onto a sports firld and interrupting a sporting event.... Well, folks, I am just gonna say it again:

YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELVES, BEFORE YOU WRECK YOURSELVES.

You have all changed, or this website has changed.\

But as David Byrne said, "Something ain't right."
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UPDATE: LINK TO THE VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqMswU9grh0

NOTE: Please watch the video and tell me again why you think he should have been tased. The argument that he was a danger DOES NOT WASH.

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http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/4175554/ns/sports-jt_the_brick/

Halftime show ruined Super Bowl for many
Parents shouldn't have to worry about exposes like that

After spending eight days in Houston covering the Super Bowl, I returned to Los Angeles and spent three nights on my radio show breaking down the halftime show and Janet Jackson's memorable moment. I will not get into the details of Jackson and her friend Justin Timberlake�s attempt to gain more publicity, but I will tell you that real sports fans are very upset by that stunt.

CBS and MTV are not to blame just as we should not throw the NFL under the bus for this racy halftime stunt. It was Janet's fault, and she knows it. I have seen various polls that describe America�s degree of frustration and offense after witnessing Janet's uncovered breast, and I have digested all of the numbers. The only people who should be asked to comment on this should be the parents of kids between 8-16 years old. These are the people who were most greatly affected and had to stop having fun on Super Bowl Sunday and move toward damage control. Who cares if a 33-year-old man with no kids laughed at the halftime show and continued to hit the rewind button on his TiVo? I could care less if a father of two children in their twenties thought that Jackson didn't cross the line because he sees much worse each night on cable television. I have two young boys that are 2 1/2 and 7 months in age. I feel lucky they are not of the age where I would have had to sit them down and explain to them the definition of sexual harassment.

Parents who called into my radio show were outraged because they don't want to be forced to "fast forward" the discussion of sex with their kids because of what they witnessed during a football game. This topic isn't about the lack of morals in America or the fact that several kids don't have the proper supervision at home to keep them sheltered from acts like we watched last Sunday. This is about a Super Bowl that for many people was ruined because a pop star wanted to sell more CDs.