My Trial By Erosion Of Words

Before I say anything, I’m sure that MOST New York Giants fans aren’t like this loony individual.

For those of you that don’t know, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Steve Smith, a free agent wide receiver that was a beloved New York Giant. He was on the team that won the Super Bowl and he went to the Pro Bowl in 09.

Anyway, I was made aware of his Facebook page and that many Giants fans are upset. Rightfully so. It sucks losing a beloved member of your organization to your bitter rival.

Little did I know. There were comments saying they hope he breaks his legs into pieces and some saying that they hope he breaks his neck. These aren’t actually all that shocking. People are stupid. Especially on the internet.

But one comment in particular stuck with me.

“i am going to kill your first born child.”

Let’s take a step back here and try to evaluate this persons thought process leading up to these events.

He’s probably sitting at home. Maybe he’s watching ESPN, or listening to WFAN in New York, or maybe he’s on Facebook or Twitter. Suddenly he see’s that Steve Smith has signed with the Philadelphia Eagles.

So what is the first thing he does? What is the first thing that comes to this persons mind? Go to Mr. Smith’s Facebook page and threaten to kill his first born child.

Can you imagine being SO upset about a player on your team signing with your rival, that you would go on his Facebook Fan page and threaten his first born child? I’m a Penguins fan, and yeah, Jagr and Talbot going to the Flyers sucked. But I got over it in like two seconds. Maybe I’m just a rational human being. I don’t know.

Clearly this person doesn’t know that making such threats is illegal. Hopefully he gets a surprise visit from the police telling him to cut that shit out.

It’s football people.

Plus, the Giants suck anyway.

Fly Eagles Fly