Phils fan tazed for running on field

It's always tough on the people when the man flexes his muscles. But the fact is, there are rules, most of them pretty easy to abide by, and this chump decided that the attention garnered by running onto the field was worth the consequences of breaking the rule. I mean, you really have to consider this kid's motives, and wonder how celebrity and attention-whoring has spun out of control into a need that is satiated at any costs. Now, if the kid ran onto the field holding up a sign reading "expand your minds", "free tibet", "ahmedinejhad is a loony and the rest of the free world should a stop his fear mongering and chest banging", that'd be a different story.

In terms of the tasing. WTF? How about hiring some folks to work security who can catch a 17-year old kid in an open field? The fact that it came down to having to tase the kid is ridiculous. What ever happened to getting a little dirty on the job? I feel like if I was working security, the Taser would be the absolute last option. As a member of the security personnel, I would take pride in being able to do my job the old-fashioned way, without using excessive force.

I think it's an interesting microcosm of some of our culture's biggest problems. First, people feel like the only way they can actualize themselves is by being seen by as many people as possible, regardless of the context in which they are seen, or by being seen with people who are seen by lots of people. What are we not giving our children that makes them grow up to be so desperate for recognition by the world? And, second, the fact that a guy can't just do his job, and has to resort to a machine to do it for him, is just like people's aversion toward labor. It's a point of pride these days not to know how to fix a sink or a hole in the wall, because not knowing how means that you've "arrived" and you don't have to know how. And that overall microcosm IS somewhat the opposite of the way that we think about the world. In the evolved consciousness, recognition and affirmation of the ego by other egos and culture is not necessary. And from a practical standpoint, the work involved in supporting that new consciousness (permaculture, innovation, DIY) is what we are all trying to work toward. Thoughts?

You are right and I was wrong.

Hitting a healthy athletic 17-year-old with a micro-second jolt of electricity to paralyze his muscles causing him to drop to the turf was much too harsh. In fact, they shouldn't have even chased him, as that was probably too traumatic for him as well.

What they should have done was ignore him and let him run around showing off until he got bored and stopped on his own. Then they could have gently taken him into custody, and handed him a bill for all the stadium employees' salaries for the extra time added to their shifts, for the thousands of watts of power used to light up his Johnny Knoxville moment (screw the impact on the environment, it was a fun moment!), and the ticket refunds to any Phillies-loving "barbarians" who chose to leave because they had to get up for work the next day.

And if the security crew lost their jobs for failing to subdue him, they could have sued him as well. It would have been so much more civilized.

And the nerve of his own mother apologizing for his behavior! What's up with that?