"but lets make an example out of Ron Artest--for retaliating when a fan pegged him with a beer--after he'd already been battered by Ben Wallace"
LOL! Yeah, poor innocent little Artest, who was minding his own business and didn't do anything except, like you said, just retaliating...sure it was against the wrong fan and a few more innocent bystanders to boot, hey awhile ago my car was broken was keyed so I attacked some people I saw with keys with a baseball bat, perfectly justifiable...
"Innocent bystanders"?? Like the Fat-Ass Piston fan who ran out on the floor for a confrontation?? Or maybe the guy who was sucker-punching him from behind?? Innocent bystanders like that??