Could LeBron's life be in jeapordy?
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:23 pm
Looking at this whole situation from the outside, a person would answer this question with a resounding NO! However, when people become attached emotionally to a specific cause, history has shown us that they sometimes make irrational decisions when things do not go as they want or plan.
The debacle at Kent State, the Olympics, every political assassination ever, every bombing that has ever been planned... I can go on and on with this list of examples, but it would serve no purpose other than to put into words, the obvious. Most murders are committed because of emotion. Whether that emotion is hate, love, jealousy, or another, doesn't really matter. The point that I am trying to make here is that I could see a fan, who's life is devoid of vary many friendships and extracurricular activities; who's only real love is in the games he watches on TV. This same fan would probably play sport-themed video games, and perhaps be part of fantasy sports leagues... to take up the free-time in-between his/her favorite sports team's regular season.
For the sake of this article, let us say this is a fan of the Cavaliers. And, that LeBron left the Cavs for the Bulls, New York, New Jersey, or Miami. What if this fan's emotional connection to the Cavaliers was so great, that he/she decided to try and take out LeBron... or even someone close to him? Perhaps his mother, or girlfriend?
The individual would obviously be sick (emotionally disturbed), but with all the notoriety that LeBron gets, and the very real hurt that this person would feel at the loss of not only LeBron, but his/her ability to root for a winner (the Cavs), I could see this type of person deciding that he/she didn't want to live anymore (obviously this individual would have previous thoughts of suicide,etc), and that he/she would take out LeBron and become a hero (in his/her mind).
Many of you may think this is not even a remote possibility, however, history is littered with famous people who are killed by a crazed fan. There have been even more attempts, than actual murders that have succeeded.
Don't dismiss this as something that is impossible. It isn't. I'd hope that nothing like this ever happened to anyone...but the truth is that there are estimated to be over 5,000 serial killers on the loose, at any given time. If there are 5,000 serial killers out there who would kill multiple people in horrendous ways; then I can nearly guarantee that there is a person out there that would make an attempt on LeBron, if given the opportunity and reasoning to convince himself that he had to do it.
Weird stuff to think about... but after reading all of these forums, and the hate that is thrown at people because of the possibility of LeBron leaving... I can only imagine the hate people will feel if he actually does leave.
The debacle at Kent State, the Olympics, every political assassination ever, every bombing that has ever been planned... I can go on and on with this list of examples, but it would serve no purpose other than to put into words, the obvious. Most murders are committed because of emotion. Whether that emotion is hate, love, jealousy, or another, doesn't really matter. The point that I am trying to make here is that I could see a fan, who's life is devoid of vary many friendships and extracurricular activities; who's only real love is in the games he watches on TV. This same fan would probably play sport-themed video games, and perhaps be part of fantasy sports leagues... to take up the free-time in-between his/her favorite sports team's regular season.
For the sake of this article, let us say this is a fan of the Cavaliers. And, that LeBron left the Cavs for the Bulls, New York, New Jersey, or Miami. What if this fan's emotional connection to the Cavaliers was so great, that he/she decided to try and take out LeBron... or even someone close to him? Perhaps his mother, or girlfriend?
The individual would obviously be sick (emotionally disturbed), but with all the notoriety that LeBron gets, and the very real hurt that this person would feel at the loss of not only LeBron, but his/her ability to root for a winner (the Cavs), I could see this type of person deciding that he/she didn't want to live anymore (obviously this individual would have previous thoughts of suicide,etc), and that he/she would take out LeBron and become a hero (in his/her mind).
Many of you may think this is not even a remote possibility, however, history is littered with famous people who are killed by a crazed fan. There have been even more attempts, than actual murders that have succeeded.
Don't dismiss this as something that is impossible. It isn't. I'd hope that nothing like this ever happened to anyone...but the truth is that there are estimated to be over 5,000 serial killers on the loose, at any given time. If there are 5,000 serial killers out there who would kill multiple people in horrendous ways; then I can nearly guarantee that there is a person out there that would make an attempt on LeBron, if given the opportunity and reasoning to convince himself that he had to do it.
Weird stuff to think about... but after reading all of these forums, and the hate that is thrown at people because of the possibility of LeBron leaving... I can only imagine the hate people will feel if he actually does leave.
