Another Bad Character

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Riding a bike is stupid or not, but people get up in arms about Winslow riding a bike, but don't care about Big Ben? So what, Winslow was stupid. No one debates that, but this doesn't make Ben any smarter.

If Ben isn't popping wheelies on a bike he just got, he is most certainly being smarter about his riding than Winslow. Hence my Corvette analogy. There is a smart way of riding or driving any motor vehicle, and there is a stupid way of doing it. Doing tricks = stupid. Riding sensibly with a pack = smarter.

BTW - you missed the joke, PSUskinsfan. I'm just saying Winslow is labeled a bad guy and an idiot, but it's fine for Ben. Hello, media spin. Meet everyone else!

I didn't miss anything. I know what you were trying to do. I know sarcasm as well as anyone, trust me on that. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I missed your point.

My point, in case YOU missed it, is that the two are not the same. Even though you'd like to disregard it, there is more to Winslow's story than simply that he was riding a motorcycle. And there are more reasons to question Winslow's character than simply this most recent incident. As such, I don't believe the two situations are analogous. I don't think it has anything to do with media spin at all. It has to do with one moron driving too fast in a parking lot, trying to do tricks on a new crotch rocket that he just got and didn't know how to ride yet without a license and crashing that bike, thereby receiving numerous injuries, not the least of which could be a torn ACL that would sideline him for the year..............and another guy who is making a questionable decision by riding a motorcycle without a helmet while driving responsibly. That has nothing to do with media spin. Those are the facts. Plain and simple. The reason Winslow is an idiot is because he tried being Evil Knevil (sp?) before even knowing how to ride in a straight line. Until Ben is caught doing the same, I see no reason to lable Ben as being as stupid as Winslow.