No, he sent a co-worker to hospital in an act of violence. All the stuff you mentioned previously was just context. How could someone NOT get fired from a BBC job for punching a flunky into the hospital?

I think he looks like a living Ken Doll (Man of Steel? Pah! Man of PLASTIC!). I’m not going to think about how far the comparison extends because that way lies madness...

Yeah, those people refuse to understand that what people refer to as ‘Politically Correct’ is actually just about trying to not to hurt people’s feelings through through thoughtlessness.

‘Gay has never been genetically predetermined.’

Ah, so a person’s sexual preference is a choice? When did you choose to be straight?

Insert ‘Tight End’ joke here.

Fair play, that is very funny indeed, and the perfect summation of how terrible it is to be the Cleveland Browns’ Quarterback. Even for Jonny Manziel in his current state, rock bottom for him would actually be them re-signing him.

My conclusion, at least, is ‘fuck, that’s a lot of guns. No wonder so many awful things happen with them in America. Thank goodness there aren’t as many in my country.’

I think it was definitely a good time. I was a teenager in the 90s and all the coolest girls at my school were in bands. I think enough trails had been blazed that it was seen as possible in a way that might not have previously. It seemed quite an un-macho time, too. I certainly felt that as a guy who was not…

Yeah, I never put two and two together, though looking back the guy in the video is basically doing an Anthony Kiedis impression.

Digressing from topic a little, I think ‘Desire Lines’ is one of the top 10 songs ever written. Oh, and they’re back on tour and releasing material: http://www.lushofficial.com/news

But SHE was ATTRACTIVE to HIM! It’s HER fault! He HAD to do something, RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THEN! How else would a young man on tour with his rock band EVER meet any women?

Lush’s song ‘Ladykiller’ is entirely, 100% confirmed by it’s author, Miki Berenyi, about Kiedis. The guy sounds like a nightmare.

Oh, well said. It’s so sad, isn’t it? And so maddening that people prefer to cling to their own beliefs rather than accept what the evidence is telling them.

I guess a ‘rounded’ portrait is useful if the focus is on how the social context he grew up in overlooked or even enabled and helped to nurture the worst aspects of his character, that’s a story worth telling. Especially if it’s talking about how perhaps we need to be more aware of red flags in people’s character and…

I await his next piece with interest. I’m thinking he should go full Godwin on this: ‘Adolf Hitler, the painting career that could have been?’

There is a fascinating, nuanced article that could have been written about a man growing up in a socially-embedded sports culture that celebrates physical strength and will-to-win at all cost, and the damaging psychological consequences of a game that praises violence and rewards those who impose their wills on others…

Because Black Mirror already picked a Pig for the original version of this dilemma?

Indeed they will, the fools.

I think the point is that one good season doesn’t prove a QB will be really good, long-term. It might, sure. But look at, say, Nick Foles. 27 TDs and 2 Interceptions looked pretty good in his first year as a starter. Ever since then- nope.

Like having a sort of bastard cross between Yoda and a drill sergeant? Doesn’t sound the most effective version of training.

It was probably a cardio issue though you were suffering with (no offense!)- I was a rugby player for years at school, never really hurt myself, loved running about for eighty minutes chasing the ball and knocking people over. Tried Football in pads in my late 20s when I was pretty out of shape. Didn’t get out of…