High Horses

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by BrutusBobcat

Oh no! That would be, like, the worst thing in the world to be criticized. Do we really take ourselves so seriously that we think that some words of relatively mild rebuke on a message board are going to shatter this poor kid's entire world?

I think Antonio is worried about much bigger things than some fans criticizing him. As the cops were putting the cuffs on him, I can just about guarantee that his first thought wasn't, "Man, this sucks. People are going to say some really bad stuff about me on the Internet now."

It's great that you're supportive of him, but realize that he HAS disappointed a lot of fans who were expecting better from him. Disappointing people is one of the penalties you pay for making a mistake. I am sure that his friends and family are also privately disappointed in him as well. Are they hypocrites too, because they have "speeding tickets"?

Understand that this fan base has been burned hard and badly by the Maurice Clarett saga, and that lots of Buckeyes are very gun shy about players who show serious lack of personal judgment early in their careers here. Our tolerance is a bit lower than what it once was.

Personally, I think your post is an overreaction. Soliciting prostitutes is below the standards of behavior for ANY college football team not named "Florida State University". This is also no longer a matter of "personal privacy". Once you're in the courts, you're no longer dealing with a private matter, like an argument with your girlfriend or something. Your actions have gone public, and people WILL comment. Most of the comments have expressed both support and disappointment. Instead of focusing on being overly defensive, maybe you should appreciate that the vast majority of fans aren't being nearly as harsh as they could be.

good grief. get off your high horse.

"Whoever is without sin, cast the first stone."

[Bleed S & G]

Originally Posted by lvbuckeye

good grief. get off your high horse.

"Whoever is without sin, cast the first stone."

Been waiting for this quote the last 30 pages :P Nothing like quoting Christ when it pertains to tOSU football

[Frohlich]

Originally Posted by Bleed S & G

Been waiting for this quote the last 30 pages :P Nothing like quoting Christ when it pertains to tOSU football

Didn't even quote it right: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

['BusNative]

Originally Posted by lvbuckeye

good grief. get off your high horse.

"Whoever is without sin, cast the first stone."

Thank you.

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by Bleed S & G

Been waiting for this quote the last 30 pages :P Nothing like quoting Christ when it pertains to tOSU football

what Antonio (allegedly) did doesn't have anything to do with football. if some other Ohio State student got pinched in that sting, no one would care. i remember sitting on my friend's porch on Chittenden and watching a drunk chick come out of Mustard's and proceed to give a guy a BJ on the sidewalk for $5 so she could go get something to eat. no one was screaming about her being a disgrace or a disappointment, or him either for that matter. Antonio's a college kid. college kids do stupid things. anyone who says they didn't do stupid things in college is either full of [censored] or never went to college. so i don't want to hear that he's a disappointment. he's human. humans screw up. whoo, now there's a profound a revelation...

read my sig.

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by lvbuckeye

good grief. get off your high horse.

"Whoever is without sin, cast the first stone."

that's such a bull[censored] quote. so nobody is allowed to point out the stupidity of a decision because everybody makes stupid decisions?

[OCBucksFan]

Three splits off the Henton thread so far

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by Frohlich

Didn't even quote it right: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

you do realize that we're talking about a statement that was made in Aramaic, correct? don't go getting too technical on me.

NIV: But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."


KJV: 7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Wycliffe: 7 And when they abided asking him [Soothly when they lasted, or continued, asking him], he raised himself, and said to them, He of you that is without sin, first cast a stone into her.

New Living Translation: 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, ?All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!?


... you get the point...