Artest Expresses Regret Over Brawl with Detroit Fans (he's a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize)

The suspensions are too long, particularly the one for Jermaine O'Neal. He never went into the stands, and the only thing he did was KO a clown who came down on the court and was accosting Artest.

I agree. Incidentally, remember the father-and-son thugs who attacked the Kansas City coach at the baseball game? They got let off with probation, even though they caused permanent hearing loss for the coach. That's why I have no problem whatsoever with the players hitting the idiots who walked on the court. Yeah, the players threw the first punch, but would it have been better for them to wait for those idiots to hit them first, and possibly get injured or even stabbed or something?

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