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A Carlos Boozer story you never knew

One Brow said:
I've heard people sometimes take their 9-years-olds hunting, which would only be two years older than Boozer's friend.
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Taking a 9 year old hunting is the same thing as taking a 9 year old in a walk. I go hunting with my family sometimes. I don't carry a gun though.

A 9 year old caring a gun with their family on a hunt is also different than a 9 year old carrying a gun without their family to a basketball court.
 
One Brow said:
Nor have I. Yet, it happens every day in the US, AFAICT.
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Things that happen everyday can still be unusual. There are billions of humans.
 
One Brow said:
I just said every situation is different.


Children shooting people happens all over the country. It seems to be a sign of moral decay only in the city.
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Your phrase was “not unusual.” Does the existence of something happening somewhere disqualify that thing from being unusual? This is a conflation of the macro with the micro. Not unusual how? Not unusual that in any given week that the US, with 70 million children, has a child shooting another? That may not be unusual. Unusual for your child neighbor next door to shoot another child? Very unusual, irrespective of where you live (even if you’re in the worst crime-ridden area of the country — still unusual).

Brace yourself for this one, but every day in the US people win the lottery. I am thrilled to know that this is not unusual.
 
HermanG said:
However calling him out for intentional embellishment of such a tragic event is equal to questioning his charracter. I wouldnt go that far.
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A little tongue in cheek here, but I seem to recall a certain everlasting hamstring issue that made MANY of us question boozers character...

Then there was his affair...

Character and Boozer were regularly in question. I dont mean to suggest that has anything to do with this story or its validity. Just saying...
 
Wow. This thread is really sad. This is a heartbreaking story and yet the majority of comments are focused on debating if every part is completely accurate…

Maybe as a community here we could aim for a little more empathy. It could go a long way.
 
infection said:
Your phrase was “not unusual.” Does the existence of something happening somewhere disqualify that thing from being unusual? This is a conflation of the macro with the micro. Not unusual how? Not unusual that in any given week that the US, with 70 million children, has a child shooting another? That may not be unusual. Unusual for your child neighbor next door to shoot another child? Very unusual, irrespective of where you live (even if you’re in the worst crime-ridden area of the country — still unusual).

Brace yourself for this one, but every day in the US people win the lottery. I am thrilled to know that this is not unusual.
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Unusual is not the right word. Unusual is like seeing a cat ride a dog while wearing a cowboy hat. Winning the lottery is a low odds thing to happen to you as an individual, but it's a very common occurrence and not something I would describe as unusual. Same thing for gang related shootings done by children
 
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