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Jeff LichtmanMark, I never said that Cobb was a victim. I simply attempted to explain some reasoning for his psychotic actions. Sorry if that was a bit too much for you to understand; I'll break it down a bit for you next time.
And I never said Cobb was not responsible for his actions: I simply tried to find some causes in his life that may have triggered his psychotic behavior -- triggers that appear to be absent in Bonds's life. That I think less of a guy who has been given everything since he was born -- and still acts like a petulant jerk, should not be so surprising. And finally, when did I say that the media scrutiny was worse back in Cobb's day? I'm starting to wonder if anyone actually reads what I write out here. I simply pointed out that Cobb's young adult troubles were well documented by the press and in Bonds's case, the overbearing press has yet to find a single thing in his childhood that would suggest a reason as to why he has become a lying, cheating, girlfriend-beating, steroid-taking boor; therefore, since it has never come out, I believe it is fair to presume that nothing earth-shattering happened to Bonds as a youth which caused such behavior.