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What The Resistance Can Learn From LaVar Ball.

graffitiofle said:
What The Resistance Can Learn from LaVar ball.
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Nothing, for several reasons:

1. You are not involved in any real "Resistance!" which is typically defined as "An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation."

Any American citizen who claims to be a member of "The Resistance" in opposition to the currently elected Administration is no more than a whining sore loser, trying to cloak themselves as "freedom fighters."

The problem with that is...you already live in a free country, literally just about the "Freest" in the world. There are no Gestapo or KGB, informers, or storm-troopers here; no military patrols in our streets oppressing you.

We don't even have laws like Canada's Bill C-16 which punish criminally for non-violent Free speech.

2. The President did both Mr. Ball and the other parents a personal service, one he did not have to do...since the kids had violated the criminal laws of a sovereign nation and like any other foreigner who breaks the law of the nation they visit (including here in the USA) they are subject to the criminal justice system of that nation. In this case, up to ten years in prison.

A criminal offense like shoplifting can carry a punishment of up to 10 years in prison in China.
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The President could simply have followed international law, and left the boys to the mercies of China's criminal justice system. Where, btw, a defendant is presumed GUILTY until proven innocent.

Mr. Ball should have been appropriately thankful, and IMO his poor example is typical of the selfish, self-centered rudeness of many of our most recent generation of "adults."
 
Captain Adverse said:
Nothing, for several reasons:

1. You are not involved in any real "Resistance!" which is typically defined as "An underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation."

Any American citizen who claims to be a member of "The Resistance" in opposition to the currently elected Administration is no more than a whining sore loser, trying to cloak themselves as "freedom fighters."

The problem with that is...you already live in a free country, literally just about the "Freest" in the world. There are no Gestapo or KGB, informers, or storm-troopers here; no military patrols in our streets oppressing you.

We don't even have laws like Canada's Bill C-16 which punish criminally for non-violent Free speech.

2. The President did both Mr. Ball and the other parents a personal service, one he did not have to do...since the kids had violated the criminal laws of a sovereign nation and like any other foreigner who breaks the law of the nation they visit (including here in the USA) they are subject to the criminal justice system of that nation. In this case, up to ten years in prison.

https://newsone.com/3757629/china-shoplifting-laws-liangelo-ball-arrested-punishment/

The President could simply have followed international law, and left the boys to the mercies of China's criminal justice system. Where, btw, a defendant is presumed GUILTY until proven innocent.

Mr. Ball should have been appropriately thankful, and IMO his poor example is typical of the selfish, self-centered rudeness of many of our most recent generation of "adults."
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At most, Lavar Ball is making it rather obvious how first world problems line up with those of people in other countries.
 
LaVar Ball is claiming he will begin a basketball league for college-aged players who do not want to go to college. He’s saying he’s going to pay them anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000 a month (based on skill) and allow them to focus on preparing for their pro careers.

This is …

(Am I really going to say what I think I want to say right now?)

(Hold on, need more time.)

/thinking

(Yep, I’m sure.)

This is a good thing. It’s a great thing. I doubt LaVar Ball is the right person to be in charge of it (he did, after all, make our list of worst hot takes of the year but beyond that is generally seen as an egomaniacal buffoon) but when drastic and forceful change is required perhaps you don’t get to pick your leaders, or expect them to hew to traditional standards of nobility. Busting up the NCAA’s stranglehold on elite basketball for kids not-yet-eligible for the NBA is difficult and probably impossible work; a reasonable person wouldn’t take this step
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How LaVar Ball’s new basketball league could actually end up being a good thing | For The Win


So this La Var Ball Fella wants to do for Basketball what Trump is working on for National Politics.......
 
What The Resistance Can Learn From LaVar Ball.
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This isn't Star Wars, and LaVar Ball isn't Princess Leia.
 
Polar Bum said:
This isn't Star Wars, and LaVar Ball isn't Princess Leia.
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Despite the fact that he is acting like a whining little princess, yes. You are correct on that regard.
 
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