Comments on: School violence met by “helmets on, heads down” policy http://www.ilind.net/2012/11/05/school-violence-met-by-helmets-on-heads-down-policy/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Wed, 22 May 2013 03:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dion http://www.ilind.net/2012/11/05/school-violence-met-by-helmets-on-heads-down-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-43745 Dion Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:08:46 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10745#comment-43745 Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labor Party in the UK has been blind in one eye since high school from getting kicked in the head during a rugby game. As prime minister, he began to go blind in the other eye from the same injury, and required brain surgery. This is someone who went to elite schools and is an extremely civilized man. Moreover, there’s a saying in Britain, that “Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentleman’s game played by thugs.” So there is this mix of barbarism and civility spread throughout every level of every society. (Ever deal with a group of professors?….)

In a way, this post reminds me of Ian’s tribute to the passing of a friend of his, a professor of women’s studies at UHM. Reading about her dedication to animal rescue and so forth, I thought, “Here’s a rare civilized and humane being….”

But I wonder if Ian realizes just how rare that kind of civility and humanity is. For example, Ian seems enthusiastic about forcing everyone to vote, since if more people vote we will supposedly have more democracy. I fear that if more people vote, we would have Mufi Hannemann as Governor For Life.

Ian Lind and his family and friends are civilized, but they are among the very few, and they might not know that….

]]> By: Black Kettle http://www.ilind.net/2012/11/05/school-violence-met-by-helmets-on-heads-down-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-43708 Black Kettle Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:15:33 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10745#comment-43708 So Fat man you really think the fights you see at every UH football game scattered throughout the stands is “normal” and happens like that at other schools?? Do you even go to the games?? And btw, Aloha Stadium is one of a very small few that still sells beer…thus the fights.

]]> By: Fat Jeff http://www.ilind.net/2012/11/05/school-violence-met-by-helmets-on-heads-down-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-43701 Fat Jeff Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:05:35 +0000 http://www.ilind.net/?p=10745#comment-43701 Black Kettle: To clarify, my experience was in Northern Kentucky and then South Florida. Stoning the bus is a universal teenage act of rebellion/school pride.

No fights at other D1 school games? Sheltered much?

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