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		<title>Punching glass in a locker room</title>
		<dateCreated>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:09:18 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
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		<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:09:18 GMT" ctSaves="10" flPreview="false" id="2012.05.02.1792" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="1792" text="Punching glass in a locker room" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2012/05/02/punchingGlassInALockerRoom.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.44" versionServer="0.44" whenLastSave="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:24:33 GMT">
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:02:37 GMT" pgfnum="13856" text="The other day when I wrote the &lt;a href=&quot;http://scripting.com/stories/2012/04/30/meloIsTheLastManStanding.html&quot;&gt;Last Man Standing&lt;/a&gt; piece about Carmelo Anthony, I was bothered in the back of my mind about Amare Stoudemire. I know we're supposed to think of him as a star, but I've never seen it with my own two eyes. He doesn't feel like a star to me."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:03:26 GMT" pgfnum="13857" text="I still feel the tenacity of Melo, esp after Game 2, where he overcame Miami's suffocating defense and scored a bunch and did a heroic job of trying to win for the team. Really, I never expected the Knicks to win any of this. And I don't care. I just love the illusion that they're putting their heart and soul into it."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:04:50 GMT" pgfnum="13858" text="But then Stoudemire punches a fire extinguisher, cuts his hand, and is out for the series. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:05:12 GMT" pgfnum="13859" text="Everyone else on the team seems to be doing whatever they can. I cry for Iman Shumpert, the rookie with the huge heart, who died on the field of battle in Game One. Stoudemire was supposed to set an example for the rookies of how to keep your cool when the world is crumbling around you."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:06:18 GMT" pgfnum="13860" text="&lt;img src=&quot;http://scripting.com/images/2012/05/02/stoudemire.gif&quot; width=&quot;145&quot; height=&quot;264&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;float: right; padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named stoudemire.gif&quot;&gt;Then I saw an off-hand comment about how much he makes. And the bubble popped. This guy is paid &lt;i&gt;$20 million per season.&lt;/i&gt; It's his &lt;i&gt;job&lt;/i&gt; to get to the playoffs, and then push as far into the post-season as he can. They lose two games on the road. It's not over. Not even close. But his heart is sick and he can't see himself on the court, so he takes himself out of it. I don't see how Stoudemire goes back on the court again, especially wearing a Knicks uniform. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:09:50 GMT" pgfnum="13864" text="I couldn't believe this &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/#!/Amareisreal/status/197219314573647872&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; on Twitter. &quot;We all have done thing out of anger that we regret. That makes us human. Bad timing on my part. Sorry guys. This to shall pass.&quot; Human? I suppose. But then being a pussy, coward, dickhead and loser is also human. I don't care if what he did is human. He didn't want to compete so he took himself out. Yeah, that might be human. He should give the money to charity. That might restore a little of his dignity, honor or manhood."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:07:52 GMT" pgfnum="13861" text="But he still has time on his contract. So they say he will be back next year. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:08:11 GMT" pgfnum="13862" text="If that's the case, I hope they trade Melo, Novak, Lin, Fields, Smith, Davis, Chandler and Shumpert, and all the other fine players on the Knicks. I'll root for them on their new teams. Just so I can forget about the cowardice of Stoudemire. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 02 May 2012 13:08:43 GMT" pgfnum="13863" text="And btw, to the Knicks' equipment man -- put a punching bag in the locker room so no player in the future has even a remote excuse for doing what Stoudemire did. "></outline>
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