At this point it seems like the only reason this is still being discussed is that 1) Tony Stewart is a well known driver and 2) we don't like to blame victims for their own injuries or deaths. This whole thing begins and ends with this kid climbing out of his car and walking onto a hot race track.

That was because we just argued face-to-face or over the phone until someone angrily slammed the receiver down. Nowadays it doesn't even make a loud bang when you hit "END" really hard.

For those who haven't had to deal with it. When its:

As someone who doesn't know who these people are and doesn't care, I'm not going to pick sides. I've read the stories and watched the video and I have to say that Ward was not some innocent victim. In fact, I might go as far to say that Stewart was just as, if not more victimized by Ward because now he has to live…

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But the big military men told me that we never fight against small guerrilla forces with light armor and relatively primitive arms anymore! Why would we ever need a reliable, cheap, and survivable firepower platform like that again?

Just a suggestion. You may want to stay out of Iraq. There's much more sand over there to get in your vagina.

"We shouldn't have to explain why we don't trust cops when a number of eyewitnesses tell a consistent and vastly different story than that of the police officer who murdered Mike Brown."

Can you explain why Jezebel jumps to conclusions without knowing all the facts?

I don't think a lot of people realize what it takes to run a 950hp car with no gearbox that is generally steered with the throttle.

This is a statement from a crew member of the 45 car. The car that was directly in front of Tony at the time of the incident.

When I explained to my grandmother that it was not too long ago that Tony Stewart got out of his car and threw his helmet at another moving vehicles windshield, she was in quite the state of shock. I then proceeded to show her a few of the Nascar fights in the past few years.

Off the subject, but I'd like to educate you jalops on the great form of motorsport called sprint car racing. I will not go into the mechanics of them because you have probably read all about that from this incident.

The difference between the Gawker and the Jalop comments on articles regarding this are astonishing.

I keep seeing these headlines saying that Stewart ran this kid down... not one has said "Hot headed racer jumps in front of race cars, and exactly what you expect to happen...happens."

I'm glad that Stewart won't face charges. I am not a fan of the guy, but he wouldn't in a million years think of purposely running over someone or even attempting to tap them with a race car. That said, I think based on Ward's fate, Stewart will never be the same aggressive person that he has been in the past when it…

Stewart has had a history of letting his temper get him. What we see here doesn't suggest to me that it's the case this time. NASCAR and other governing bodies have been all too tolerant of public displays of bad behavior over the years.

Add darkness? My god, I'd be lucky not running it into everything.