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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by SgtMunro[/i] [br][size=5][b][maroon]Texas Rangers Apologize For Trash Surrounding Memorial Statue Honoring Fan's Death[/maroon][/b][/size=5] [maroon][size=3]The Texas Rangers apologized on the team's official Twitter account on Monday night for trash that accumulated around the memorial statue outside Rangers Ballpark. The statue represents Shannon Stone, who died during a game in 2011 when he fell from the stands while reaching for a ball. This is what the scene looked like before the Rangers' game against the Phillies on Opening Day... [/size=3][/maroon] [size=2][b]For the full story, click here: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/texas-rangers-trash-statue-apologize_n_5069406.html[/url][/b][/size=2] [size=4][b][navy]Sarge's Assessment:[/navy][/b][/size=4] [size=3]This story is a microcosm of our societal decline, but in more ways than is obvious to the casual reader. Firstly, it is not exactly a 'newsflash' that people act foolish & ignorant in large groups, particularly sports fans attending an event. Secondly, the fact that a statue was 'dedicated' to the memory of a person who died performing stupid human tricks, is the most disturbing item in this article. Our society has deteriorated to the point where participation-trophies for marginal kids, has now evolved into statues for people winning the 'Darwin Award' for most asinine death. ...And the death-spiral continues [(bs!)][/size=3] [size=3][b][i]YMH&OS,[/i][/b][/size=3] [font=Comic Sans MS][size=4][navy][i]The Sarge[/i][/navy][/size=4][/font=Comic Sans MS] [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.