Icy Mike Original Thoughts

Metta World Peace & the quest for mental health.

Every time an incident like Ron Artest pops up in the news media involving sports and other high profile figures most people boil things down to where they can digest it, even though, this is a very complex issue dealing with one the most mentally complex people in the NBA.

Normally, i’m not big on Metta World Peaces behavior, but he has made serious strides since his incident at the Palace in Auburn Hills, also, fans shouldn’t throw drinks at men who can throw them like 30lb puppies, also Athletes should be able to disengage themselves from acting on pure emotion.

But, that is where another key component comes into play with someone like Artest. You love his passionate behavior when it benefits the good of the team and really like it when he is super amped up, but when he behaves in a fashion that is equally as emotion filled and less than desired you want him to quit a game he loves. 

Is what Metta World Peace did to bad hair cut buddy a bad look? Yes. Is it as bad as the slow motion instant replay action that they show, no. Number one, Bad Hair Cut buddy, came up on him from behind to taunt him during that celebration, knowing Artest is a wild card. So, Artest pulled back that elbow and launched it.

The other portion of that is an odd one, Artest really seemed very sorry. Something that i don’t think was there some many years ago. As he was about to be ejected talking with the Ref he really looked sorry, and meant it. Even in that interview post Artest was filled with legitimate sorrow for what had taken place.

This brings up an entire other issue with Athletes vs Fans psychotic games they play with each other. In real life we all have a Ron Artest in our family, someone who is really gifted at something but just a bit too emotional at the wrong times. The other side of that is, we all have the same struggles, when we loose control of our emotions we sometimes make careless mistakes and hurt those we don’t mean to.

If we look at what fans demand from our entertainers its pretty sickening, we demand perfection and never give them the dignity or compassion when the mess up. That is not fair in anyway what so ever to our professional entertainers. Part of me has no desire to do comedy for the fact that, i know how you fans are, you are insane, more insane than you’ll ever know.

You love to see amazing people fall from grace and become laughing stocks of society. Then have the audacity to get all mad when you get son’d for acting like an asshole in public. 

Ron Artest is a troubled dude, but its the fact he wears his heart on his sleeve that we like men like him. He is unapologetically himself, he gives his all in every game he plays. His all might cause a distraction, but at the same time his all helps others reach higher and be greater. Dennis Rodman would be in the same ilk and i have nothing but respect for that man.

I have more respect for messy celebrities like Metta World Peace, Dennis Rodman & Charlie Sheen than i do someone like Michael Jordan who wears a Vagina racing strip as facial hair and poverty pimps the poor communities with shitty remakes of ugly ass sneakers for $250.

Metta World Peace, Dennis Rodman & Charlie Sheen are all very messy and imperfect men, which is okay. Those three men know it and are always happy when they are given another chance, and also do great works for charities or former colleagues. No one ever asked for our entertainers to be perfect, so give them a break and stop maligning them.

Mental health is not a joking matter, down playing the importance of mental health is what creates scenarios where people just snap. They either throw elbows or gun down innocent people. We can’t as a society act like only people who do violent behavior are insane when your extra regular psychotic ass drinks, smokes yourself into oblivion. 

In life we are either good enough or not good enough, we aren’t allowed much more wiggle room in that. We are able to gauge ourselves daily with this, are you good enough to not throw an elbow into a coworker or are you so upset that you just might? So, what you should do, is prolly take the day off, take a long look in the mirror and realize…

Just because ole buddy deserves an elbow to the side of the head for rocking a terrible ass haircut that has been out of fashion for three years doesn’t mean you should, even if he is coming up to act like a punk.

Sincerely,

Icy Mike