Hey Swami:
How bout that Sox fan getting whipped on by a couple of Cub fans -- isn't that story usually the other way around? Should Cub fans be on the lookout for some kind of retaliation?
Mordecai Brown
Dear Three-Finger:
What story could you be referring to? You mean the vicious beating of a Gurnee man at the hands of not one or two but three men? At a toddler's birthday party? Fascinating how this became a Cubs-Sox thing.
But headlines don't lie, do they?
"Cubs Fans Accused of Beating White Sox Fan"
"Cubs-Sox Dispute Turns Ugly, Man Loses Eye"
"White Sox Fan Takes One for the Team; Loses Eye in Rivalry Brawl"
"Rivalry Brawl"? If we were honest about this -- in other words, if the facts got in the way of a good story -- the headlines would read much differently:
"Beer-Muscle Arguments Escalate All Day, End In Felony Charges"
"Trailer-Trash Behavior Glamorized by Media"
"Binge-Drinking Produces the Expected Results"
"Battery Story Moves From Page 18 to Page 1 Thanks to Minor Detail"
As to your question about whether or not this will produce a retaliatory response somewhere south of Madison Street, the crystal ball tells us that ... hmmm ... headline writers are going to be busy before this long, hot summer is over.
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