Berserk_Raptor wrote:its too easy to criticize, and you guys do it like you're perfect human beings. We are here to judge basketball issues, and yes, to me hes in the top 5 of PF of all time. Definitely, what he did was wrong, but we dont know, probably he was misguided or influenced by his past.
I ran away from home at age 14, after dealing with multiple years of rape and physical abuse at the hands of my mother. I have had two separate surgeries on my testicles to undo her physical damage. I never met my biological father but I was told that he raped my mother and that was how I was conceived. In 1989, at age 18, my house was set on fire. In an effort to carry my unconscious girlfriend out of the building I suffered 3rd degree damage when the floorboards burnt through my shoes and into my feet. I spend 68 days at Toronto general hospital in the Burn Unit, getting full-to-partial amputations of all 10 of my toes, and two types of skin grafts over both feet. I could go on and on, but I won't...
Everyone in life has their stories to tell. This is a tiny glimpse into my past. I'll be turning 49 in a few months. I've been with my wife since 1992, and married since 1995. Aside from my health issues, I'm pretty satisfied with my life and how it has turned out. Life is about obstacles. We will all face them. It is up to each of us to overcome those challenges. There are no excuses. People are responsible for their own actions. I treat people of all ages, gender, color and sexual orientation with dignity and respect. Just because you have experienced some troubling times in your life does not give you the warrant to take it out on other innocent people. That is a sign of weakness, poor character and lawlessness, in the most severe cases. Fix yourself before getting into relationships; whether those be friendships or romantic. It's not up to the rest of the world to deal with your crap.
