Travis McCoy Arrest Confirmed Community Round-up 27e4db78

	ilovetokiohotel101: 07/02/2008 11:06 AM i'm glad travis got released. i think the person who made that ignorant comment should have gotten banned from the concert :)
	kasperobscene: 07/02/2008 11:06 AM part of me thinks that, looking at it rationally, travis was a bit out of line with his reaction. but on the other hand, i honestly can't blame him. it's such a brutally rude thing to say, especially in such a public space, and in a situation where, for obvious reasons, it would have been impossible for travis to try to reason with the guy or have any kind of discussion about the implications of what he said. and as for the word itself, it needs to just not be used at all, ever, in such a context. even if this guy is black or biracial himself, it's not the kind of word you should throw around. i recognise that as a white kid, it is not my place to police how people of colour are and aren't allowed to use that word, but it is my opinion that it is such a loaded word that it should not be used in this way at all. so just for that word alone, travis had every right to be as pissed off as he was.
	Sweet Feet.: 07/02/2008 11:07 AM I think Travis was justified in his actions especially since the comment was directed at him. Jurassicjack is right; No one should use that word what so ever, no matter what the circumstances. It's unfortunate that really you can't stop people from saying it. You can put whatever law on it people will still say it. It's illegal to murder somone and rob a bank but people still do it. Something should be done though, definetly, at least to get some sort of justice. It is kind of a gray area because even if they do use the word what can you actually do about it apart from batter them with a mic stand? But then the attacker gets into trouble for it.....
	buismm: 07/02/2008 11:08 AM I think that that word shouldn't be allowed to be used by anyone, it is extremely insulting and that kid got what was coming to him. If he didn't like Travis or the Gym Class Heroes there wasn't any point in wasting his time to go and see them and ultimately get beat. Most people would say that two wrongs don't make a right and I'd usually agree with them, but in this case, what happened has raised awareness among buzznet users and everyone else who hears about this incident about the indecency of the use of derogatory words. So in my opinion, in this case, Travis McCoy was justified in his actions.
	Blair Waldorf: 07/02/2008 11:09 AM To be honest, if I was shot a derogatory word during my set, I would unleash hell. I can't blame Travie. Guy (heckler) needs to shut his big fat mouth.
	katiedontcry: 07/02/2008 11:17 AM It's not acceptable for anyone to use that word. Travie wasn't over-reacting, i totally support him. The ignorant guy had it coming and should have been removed .
	arenee301: 07/02/2008 11:21 AM I'm glad he was released, but seriously, he had every right to be pissed off. I'm glad that he beat the crap out of that guy, he deserved it. There is no need whatsoever for these insults. Especially when he was onstage! If this heckler has those opinions, he could at least keep them to himself. He had no business going to the Gym Class Heroes set and starting crap like this. I probably would've done the same thing if I was in Travie's position. He shouldn't take any dumb, racial, bullshit from anyone. Needless to say, what that guy did was really inappropriate and just indecent. Go Travis!
	icedmaple: 07/02/2008 11:22 AM I don't blame Travie for reacting the way he did, but a witty reparte would probably have been both smarter and smoother, all things considered. One well-placed reference to his inevitably superior penis-size would have shot that moron down in a second ("six-five, two hundred plus and so sexy..") and probably hurt the jackass more than a mic to the face.
	PanasonicYouth: 07/02/2008 11:29 AM Yeah, I'm a fan of public humiliation over a beatdown any day.
	pamelab: 07/02/2008 11:38 AM yet again, another person craving attention...Kids will do anything to be noticed but calling other people names or just hating on people in general is not the right way to go about it. I don't think that fighting is the answer but that kid who got the beatdown by a mic deserved something because he is totally out of line.
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