Link: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/56433-tom-bradys-injury-and-sept-11-a-commonality

With New England Patriots' Quarterback Tom Brady's injury being one
of the biggest stories of Week One in the NFL, we also get the
opportunity to see some of the worst in people.

A very disturbing thing to me considering what today is. The Seventh "anniversary" of the most terrible attack ever suffered by the United States, a senseless and gutless act of terrorism not matched by anything we have ever experienced before, and hopefully ever will again, 9-11.

While I
understand the "feeling" of being happy that one's hated team lost it's
starting quarterback, it's leader, the man that makes the machine go, hat I don't understand, and never will, is the idea that some people
simply revel in the fact that a "person" got hurt.

A number of Jets' and Steelers' fans consider it quite humorous, even an opportunity to make money:

http://www.jetsinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177243

http://www.believemerch.com/product/bernard-pollard-fan-club-red-tee

This issue has also been written about elsewhere, in may places and by many people, one such writer does a good job of making the point as well:

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/09/09/apparently-a-lot-of-people-hate-tom-brady-and-cheered-loudly/

Tom Brady
has become just as hated for his success as any "big time" athelete
ever is, it comes as part of the job description, win as often and for
as long as he has in his young career, and people will certainly not
like you for it. But to be glad he actually got hurt, that his career
is actually threatened by his injury is about as "small person" a
sentiment as I can imagine.

What's the difference between feeling
this way and a terrorist who believes that all "Americans", or all
"Jews", or "all whatevers", should die because of their religious
beliefs? Is this really any different?

So while you or your
friend are talking shit about Brady getting hurt, just think for one
minute, that you are putting yourself in company that is not very different from the extremism that so tragically killed nearly 3000
Americans 7 years ago.

Just think about it.