Junior Seau, The Right Thing To Do, And Hypocrisy

I'm sorry, Junior Seau killed himself today.  I don't doubt for a minute the Pro Bowl linebacker was troubled, and probably suffered from mental health problems because of the constant trauma to his head.

Researchers who study brain trauma now think that, Lou Gehrig's disease, even though he played baseball, not football, might be caused by brain trauma.  When you go back and check the papers of the times, there are countless mentions of him getting hit with, "bean balls" or knocked unconscious sliding into a base.

And the folks now looking into this are probably on to something, because the NFL is in full denial mode.

They now take these guys brains, and examine then upon their death at Harvard Medical School, to see what's been going on in there.  And it's shocking.  They can pretty much see a, "bruise" from every concussion they have ever had.  They don't know WHAT it does to the brain yet, but the consensus is that it can't be good.

The National Hockey League has now instituted a, "Concussion Protocol" after every head hit.  If a player meets the criteria, per a doctor or trainer?  He's out of the game, no matter how many weeks or months, until he recovers.

And he's not the first NFL player to decide to kill himself and NOT shoot himself in the head.  This gives the guys from Harvard Medical School, a chance to check out their brains, that they, themselves, couldn't understand.  Or control.

So he did the right thing.  I hope this last, literally, dying act of his, brings some knowledge that will help other athletes.

Now lets talk about hypocrisy. 

I have seen countless, "RIP jr. Seau" posts.  It was, Junior, not, jr.  And some of them come from people I know to be devout Catholics, or Born Again Christian, Evangelicals.

If you are one of those, you are a hypocrite.  Because you believe that if you commit suicide, you will burn in Hell for ever.  So you're wishing that, Junior rest in peace for all eternity, and its contrary to what you believe God intended, and put into his, "Drivers Training Manual" for your life.  The Bible.

So what is it Christians?  You want troubled, Junior to find peace in death, as a true Christian should.  Or you wish him to burn in hell with murderers, child molesters and homosexuals?  After all, he committed a mortal sin.  Just like they did.

You can't have it both ways.