# Lame-ass losers looking for an excuse to smash stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491 "2004-10-21T21:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/21 "2004-10-22T14:48:10Z")
[Riots not just confined to Boston.](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/bfpnews/news/2000h.htm) That’s the university I work for. I’m ashamed that fans of my team and people from my home state (though I’m not all were vermonters, the majority probably were) would do this. Luckily, no one was hurt, but it’s still sad to think that people can’t celebrate without getting violent. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/22 "2004-10-22T15:37:22Z")
It’s not just baseball. After the Patriots win last year, there were riots and a student was killed. And I was here in 86 as well. No shortage of drunken assholes back then either. What is it about sports that bring out the worst in people? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/23 "2004-10-22T15:46:39Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Student killed during postgame celebration > > [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/specials/postseason/2004/10/21/student.hurt.ap/index.html?cnn=yes](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/specials/postseason/2004/10/21/student.hurt.ap/index.html?cnn=yes) > > Sad. All I can say is the Bawstin cops are pigs, and I hope whoever did this gets to cool his ass in a cell for a very long time. Fucking idiot bastards. Yeah, the chowderheads shouldn’t go torching cars. No shit. Problem is, our law enforcement is a collection of bigger chowderheads and they enrage me. Fucking motherfucking bastards, I hope this asswipe regrets it for the rest of his sorry life. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/24 "2004-10-22T18:56:18Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > When the Phillies won the series back in 1980, there wasn’t any craziness that I remember, but the same can’t be said for the early Flyers victories in the mid 70s. > Mebbe I’m weird, but I never thought ‘O Boy! My team won. I’m soo happy, I could just go break up a bunch of shit, start fires and be an asshole.’ :rolleyes: Well, there’s your problem. You were actually thinking. Stop doing that and you, too, could enjoy the fun of burning and smashing things. 😉 So, how many of those who celebrated could even name two players, do you think? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/25 "2004-10-22T19:31:49Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > …this country has a long and proud history of utterly pointless post-win riots after sporting events. I don’t think it’s that at all. There are a whole shit load of countrys that do the same thing, not just ours. It’s group mentality thinking. Kind of an oxymoron though. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/26 "2004-10-22T19:48:51Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > It has nothing at all to do with the Sox: this country has a long and proud history of utterly pointless post-win riots after sporting events. Oh, it’s not just sports wins, either. I was in State College, Pa., when a buttload of Penn State students rioted _because it was **ArtsFest** weekend._ Seriously. [**This link**](http://www.edc.org/hec/news/hecnews/events/000728b.html) goes to a story about the _second time_ it happened, in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/27 "2004-10-22T20:21:15Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > I don’t think it’s that at all. There are a whole shit load of countrys that do the same thing, not just ours. It’s group mentality thinking. Kind of an oxymoron though. It’s also been going on as long as humans have been practicing spectator sports. On more than one occasion, Constantinople was all but razed by rioting chariot-race fans. Which always makes me roll my eyes a little bit when I hear sports described as “amazing event[s] of beauty and teamwork,” or pro athletes extolled as role models. Uh-huh. Sure. ---
**Author:** ![thursday\_next](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@thursday\_next](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thursday_next)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/28 "2004-10-22T20:28:34Z")
I asked my nearest and dearest, and they don’t remember any rioting after the Houston Rockets won the championship in 1994 and 1995. Maybe we were all so stunned that Houston had a big win. 😃 (I went cruising down Westheimer after at least one win. There were just a lot of people out yelling we won and playing music. Now when this had been going on a few hours people were too drunk and starting to misbehave, but the cops were quietly trying to calm it down. Thats when we split back to the 'burbs.) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/29 "2004-10-22T20:32:49Z")
> [@thursday next](#): > > I asked my nearest and dearest, and they don’t remember any rioting after the Houston Rockets won the championship in 1994 and 1995. Maybe we were all so stunned that Houston had a big win. 😃 (I went cruising down Westheimer after at least one win. There were just a lot of people out yelling we won and playing music. Now when this had been going on a few hours people were too drunk and starting to misbehave, but the cops were quietly trying to calm it down. Thats when we split back to the 'burbs.) “How sweet it is” - Clyde Drexler after winning the final game ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/30 "2004-10-22T20:37:09Z")
To be serious for a second, we NY fans are mostly watching at home (work nights, ya know) and we’re scattered over literally hundreds of square miles. I guess I could have gone outside, walked several blocks to the nearest bar at 1 am, went ‘woo hoo!’, stood around looking at a bunch of two-family houses for a few minutes, and went home. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/31 "2004-10-22T20:47:36Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s also been going on as long as humans have been practicing spectator sports. On more than one occasion, Constantinople was all but razed by rioting chariot-race fans. Which always makes me roll my eyes a little bit when I hear sports described as “amazing event[s] of beauty and teamwork,” or pro athletes extolled as role models. Uh-huh. Sure. Enjoyed the history lesson! That said, I don’t see the connection with your eye rolling. 1. An athlete can be a role model or not, depending on how he or she lives her life. I wouldn’t mind if my daughter grew up admiring Mia Hamm (along with people in other careers). A pro athlete can model how not to get your head totally swelled if people think you’re great, or how to give back in some way to the community when you have success. 2. Do you think athletics can’t be beautiful? I don’t mean just rhythmic gymnastics or whatnot. I can see myself calling a particular goal in soccer, or a perfect game in baseball, a thing of beauty. But I may have a different definition that you. 3. Do you think team sports can’t show teamwork? 😕 What does a riot in response to an event have to do with any of these? ---
**Author:** ![InLucemEdita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ab992/32.png) [@InLucemEdita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InLucemEdita)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/32 "2004-10-22T20:55:24Z")
I’m pretty sure there has never been any rioting after a Cubs World Series Win… Oh…yeah…nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/33 "2004-10-22T21:13:45Z")
Just be thankful Boston is full of pussies. Take, for example, the [1969 Soccer War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_War) [Groundskeeper Willie]Ach! They call this a soccer riot? Come on, boys, let’s take 'em to school! [/GW] ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491/34 "2004-10-22T21:22:53Z")
> [@Gnomonic](#): > > I’m pretty sure there has never been any rioting after a Cubs World Series Win… > Oh…yeah…nevermind… Yeh-you folks need a bunch of them Democrats to hit town before all hell breaks loose! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lame-ass-losers-looking-for-an-excuse-to-smash-stuff/270491.md?page=1)