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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna
Not to seem heartless..
But I saw a man once get hit by a car, he put a huge dent in the windshield - flew some 15 feet in the air and fell - all in front of my eyes.
No one in the world gave a ****.
A FOOTBALL player gets injured and the world is in an uproar.
Why does this society put the lives of football players above others? It PISSES me off. Seriously.
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You have no idea honey...it was on all the local stations for HOURS. They treated like a nuclear bomb was set off. This is Pittsburgh, though, where all that matters is football. I'm not unfeeling; I am upset that someone got hurt, but the key word is SOMEONE. Everyone's freaking out because it's Ben, and I'm sure 90% of them are more worried about the Steelers not having their star quarterback than about Ben as a person.
Now, as far as the helmet matter goes, I always say I hate preventative laws (I know that's not a word, I still use it though), such as wearing a helmet or a seat belt. These should be encouraged, but not forced. If I don't want to wear my seat belt (although I personally always wear it), don't tell me that I have to. It's my own body and life, I can do with it as I please. If Ben didn't want to wear a helmet, he shouldn't have had to. Now he's hurt, and in this case wearing a helmet might have saved him from a lot of injury, but I believe it was just yesterday that there was a story about how more people get injured wearing helmets than those who don't wear them.
