Monday, October 18, 2010

Homecoming?

I attended the homecoming game on Saturday, one could say. However, I ended up getting kicked out right when I got there. I am twenty one years old and I was under the impression that one of the perks to being twenty one is that you can drink legally. The reader can take this however you want, I admit to have been drinking but I will also say that I was not rowdy, or causing hysteria, I just stupidly asked one of the people who work there where a certain seat section was because I couldn't find it.  Well, I found myself watching the game from the outside of the stadium, while all of my friends watched it inside. I have never exerienced such heightened security. I knew it was because of the Springfest riots, and the stupid and violent behavoir exhibited there, however, I couldn't help but feel like it was the media too. Had there not been international media coverage of the incident, which JMU is not proud of, then the fear which bred heightened security would be less. There were thousands of youtube videos, pictures on google image, and news coverage. I am simply saying that for someone who lacks the intention of "getting rowdy", and who simply smelled like alcohol, experienced getting kicked out of my senior year homecoming game. Not only was I kicked out but they were extremely rude to me and wouldn't even listen to what I had to say. Of course, youre thinking, I had some alcohol to drink, but when did that become a crime? to be twenty one and have had some to drink? Isn't it the violent behavoir that gives drinking a bad name? I was not being violent, I wasn't yelling, yet I was being treated like a menace of society.

2 comments:

  1. I also intended the game and noticed the increased security. Although I was not drinking, I am also 21 and would have been heated had this happened to me. Yes, I agree this is a perk of reaching this age. In my article I wrote that I believe these situations were getting better week by week. Clearly this is not the case in all aspects. I think that a lot of this is just starting to get a little ridiculous. This situation is a good example.

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