The Pistons-Pacers brawl was pretty much the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in a sporting event. The actions of the Detroit fans and Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal, and especially Stephen "G-Loc" Jackson, were upsetting and disturbing.

That’s why I sat by the TV and watched the same two-minute clip of the brawl over and over again for two hours straight. Because I was disgusted. Because it was upsetting and disturbing.

Weird!

I’m not sure why I needed to see that clip more than once, especially since I’m pretty sure I was angry after the first time I saw it. Usually, you know, when I find something repulsive, I’m repulsed by it, not drawn to it. That makes sense, right?

I guess some things are just so disturbing, though, that you can't peel your eyes off of them. Like Mike Tyson's pre-fight antics, for example, or Owen Wilson's nose. Or in this case, Friday's brawl, which I found repulsive enough to be drawn to it for more than two hours.

Sorta reminds me of that game where Napoleon McCallum basically had his leg snapped backward, like a twig, when he was tackled by the opposing team’s linebacker. It was one of the most gruesome injury I’ve ever seen, and I think the play-by-play guy for the game agreed because he kept telling the viewers how awful the injury was, how disturbing it was, how he hoped to God that McCallum’s family wasn’t watching.

Then he proceeded to show the replay about 57 more times.

“Oh, Lord. Such a tragedy, folks. A disturbing image. One can only hope at this time that his family isn’t watching.

"Let's see it again."

Huh?

Anyways, I think there are a lot of important things we can take away from this brawl. There are lessons of restraint, of common decency, of making love not war, of the destructive capacity of man, and even more important than all of that:

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