Artest is in the wrong here and I agree with his year-long suspension. However, he has probably simply been passed along through the years since he is a basketball prodigy and never called accountable for anything along the way. Hard lesson for him to learn at this point. But he needs to learn it or I see even more desturctive behavior in the future.
You're surely right. Also, I'd guess that the odds that Artest grew up in a stable home with two married parents = 0.