tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post369226373418018099..comments2023-10-22T23:54:35.593-04:00Comments on Joey Porter's Pit Bulls: It was 40 years ago today …Joey Porter’s Pit Bullshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310757224642581737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post-71031230139372989662008-04-06T10:41:00.000-04:002008-04-06T10:41:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed this post.I cannot say anything m...I really enjoyed this post.<BR/><BR/>I cannot say anything more than you have... 40 years is a long time and how wonderful it is that he's not been forgotten.The Chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643714174401360994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post-15469257963868398502008-04-04T16:54:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:54:00.000-04:00Speaking of television ... and turbulent times, a ...Speaking of television ... and turbulent times, a few short months later in 1968 was the televised rioting in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. That was crazy.Joey Porter’s Pit Bullshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310757224642581737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post-36841502386966776042008-04-04T16:46:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:46:00.000-04:00I hated the sixties. Now that I think about it, p...I hated the sixties. Now that I think about it, probably my hatred of high school in the early 70's also stems from being petrified most of the time.<BR/><BR/>Today got me thinking.<BR/><BR/>One more recollection, watching tv coverage from different cities and being so young, not being able to differentiate (sp?) what was happening in Pgh. or WDC or the south. THAT scared me. I guess my parents could have done a better job explaining that to me. I don't blame them though,back then they didn't stress talking kids through difficult times like they do now.<BR/>Plus the whole TV coverage thing being so new then.<BR/><BR/>I like being older. Very few times in my life have I ever wished I was young again.<BR/>NelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post-86890702139997608192008-04-04T16:14:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:14:00.000-04:00Thanks, Nel. Yeah, unless you lived through it, it...Thanks, Nel. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, unless you lived through it, it's really hard to fathom how intense that time was, especially right after MLK was assassinated. You and I were the same age (still are, evidently), so you know how it was. I suspect most people who were born much later have no real understanding how fractious that whole era was. They couldn't possibly know. <BR/><BR/>Looking back, I didn't exactly have what you might call a "frivolous" time of it during high school. <BR/><BR/>It was no time of innocence.Joey Porter’s Pit Bullshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310757224642581737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703312513658831105.post-7057441490302113592008-04-04T14:43:00.000-04:002008-04-04T14:43:00.000-04:00Great post. I was 12 at the time and "scared out ...Great post. <BR/>I was 12 at the time and "scared out of my wits."<BR/>My brother (who was 16 then) was in upper Oakland playing basketball that day. One of very few white guys, his black friends formed a huge circle around him to get him out of the gym. <BR/>I was home with my mother. She was hysterical with worry. She hadn't heard from my brother and sent my father out to get him. He couldn't very well stop to use a pay phone where he was. <BR/>When they finally made it home, I remember him telling me that he saw tanks rolling into Pitt Stadium. As a 12 year old I truly thought that the world was coming to an end. It took me years to get over that. <BR/>Thanks,<BR/>NelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com