[kipperfan]

Originally Posted by fleury

First off, I'm not white, but if I did lose it, anything could come out of my mouth...or yours for that matter. Richards probably had the balls to come out and say what he thought...for the worse. Hey, to answer your question, it's about balls and nothing else. OK...this is the scenario, if a black man came up to you while you were performing, and told you, "Hey (insert negative background comment here), you suck!" or something worse (which was not the case here, but hypothetically speaking), you're telling me you wouldn't try to outdo him by shoving it back at him? All I'm saying, is we shouldn't be so quick to say "hey, I'm better than this guy", because the truth is, if the right circumstances arise, you're gonna fling everything you got...right or wrong. I'm not making excuses for the guy...what he did absolutely was wrong, but see the circumstances surrounding it, the video tells half the story. It's like a wife killing her abusing husband, and we only hear about the killing part. I wouldn't be so quick to call him a racist. Prejudice more likely.

No dude, if the black man came up to me and said that I might call him a dumb F** or punch him in the mouth, but I would never use a racial slur, EVER. And I know there are alot of people just like me, just because someone calls me an "Irish drunken prick" or a "stupid cracker" or a "dumb white boy" doesnt mean I would ever use their race against them in response.