This Aaron Hernandez thing.

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I'm pretty sure Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty.
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OK you made me wonder if I was imagining things so I looked it up - if the feds get involved he might be facing the death penalty. (I heard it on an ESPN radio news update overnight)

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ZMan wrote:
Johnnie wrote:I like that Jack Nicholson shirt.
If I were Caesar Romero, I'd be pissed.
If I were Cesar Romero, I'd be dead.
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Johnnie wrote:
ZMan wrote:
Johnnie wrote:I like that Jack Nicholson shirt.
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If I were Cesar Romero, I'd be dead.
If I were Cesar Romero, I'd be immortal.
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Keep this off social media please!

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He probably actually did want that letter to get out.
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His grammar and grasp of the English language is, errr, killing me.
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Big story coming soon from Rolling Stone. Good stuff in this teaser.
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The important question is -- is he on the cover or not?
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brian wrote:The important question is -- is he on the cover or not?
Ha!
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sancarlos wrote:Big story coming soon from Rolling Stone. Good stuff in this teaser.
Here's the full story
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Very interesting profile sketched by the RS. This is the most in-depth piece I've taken time to read on Hernandez; I am attracted by the train-wreck aspect, but not interested enough to follow the story. So all opinions I hold are half-baked and highly speculative (yeah, I know, just like all the other shit I spew.)

I had guessed that a key feature is the increased tolerance for criminality and thuggishness by the powers that be of college football and the league in recent years/decades. The limits of shit that would not have flown when I was younger, despite how great the talent, gradually becoming pushed further out. Of course, fueled by much more money than in the good 'ol days.

But, this article reveals some other ingredients to this particular downfall. Angel dust. The stark dual nature of this young man's character and behavior; the legit good kid past, nurtured by a protective father, shattered at a crucial age, the dark side reinforced by the emergent promise of future riches to attract the leeches.

I'm not apologizing or excusing. Just seeking understanding of the mixture of factors.

I recognize such journalism is typically (almost always?) fraught with factual errors, exaggerations, all kinds of inaccuracies. I take each detail with a grain of salt and two grains of skepticism. But the addition of angel dust to the mixture of this dude's head sure tempts me to nod and think, 'well that sure explains a lot'. Nasty, nasty drug. Capable of inducing a particular brand of crazy paranoia violence unlike any other class of drug, save maybe meth. Yeah, I know this is old news, but this drug is just different than the others. Even the ultra-libertarian side of me could be convinced, 'ok, we'll legalize all banned substances--except dust; that shit is a special evil!'

Mom, her boyfriend, the street life of any sized town in dying post-industrial America, the iatrogenic death of Dad, the UofF, the Patriots, the head coaches of those institutions, the thugs who were parasites on this young man, and of course Hernandez himself, first among . Plenty of responsibility for these murders to go around.
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AD worse than CM?
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It's jean/jersey day at work today. Some girl's proudly flaunting her Hernandez.
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Jerloma wrote:It's jean/jersey day at work today. Some girl's proudly flaunting her Hernandez.
Is her last name actually Hernandez?
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Jerloma wrote:It's jean/jersey day at work today. Some girl's proudly flaunting her Hernandez.
is that Portuguese code for something?
Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.

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If it's a woman, it's entirely possible she doesn't know about the whole murder thing. I know it was all over the news, but I'll bet I know at least two or three women who own an NFL jersey who have no idea he was arrested. (Mileage on this front may vary in New England.)
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brian wrote:If it's a woman, it's entirely possible she doesn't know about the whole murder thing. I know it was all over the news, but I'll bet I know at least two or three women who own an NFL jersey who have no idea he was arrested. (Mileage on this front may vary in New England.)
Yeah, that's what me and the grill guy were wondering as well.
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Brilliant.
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Birds don’t suck. They lack the necessary anatomical structures to do so.
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Sabo wrote:Guilty.
"He was a 23 year old kid who just didn't know what to do" -- Let's start with not killing people. Let's continue on to say that there is no such thing as a "23 year old kid".
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You're just completely without empathy, huh? "Hey addict, just stop drinking/using." "Hey 23 year old kid, don't kill lots of people." Jesus Christ.
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BSF21 wrote:
Sabo wrote:Guilty.
"He was a 23 year old kid who just didn't know what to do" -- Let's start with not killing people. Let's continue on to say that there is no such thing as a "23 year old kid".
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i, rl retweeted
Aaron Hernandez ‏@AaronHernandez 9 May 2013
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The Sybian wrote:
BSF21 wrote:
Sabo wrote:Guilty.
"He was a 23 year old kid who just didn't know what to do" -- Let's start with not killing people. Let's continue on to say that there is no such thing as a "23 year old kid".
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1.5 Mil for his house. LIke the football helmet tick tac toe
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That'd go for $3 mill in the Bay Area.
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brian wrote:Some weird reports out there about Hernandez smashing his cell phones instead of turning them over to the police.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I never made this connection HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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I'm sure they both learned it from Belichick.
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Dead

Shocking end to a strange life.
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Wow
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Pronounced dead at a hospital in fucking Leominster is the perfect end for this nobody.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

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Ryan wrote:Pronounced dead at a hospital in fucking Leominster is the perfect end for this nobody.
And if I was writing the biopic/true crime drama, the fact that the Pats are at the white House today is a perfect framing device for this story.

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More like Aaron HernanDead, amiright???
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"He died doing what he loved" is a perfect joke.
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Never saw this photo before:

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Apparently he tripped while running a route and BB said "if I miss your booboo will it feel better." He said yes.
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