Not Even 61 Points Get Shaq Sympathy

Shaq, I was truly shocked and dismayed to learn that the Clippers expected you to pay for those 10 extra tickets. The nerve of some people! And on your birthday, no less!

“Don’t ever make me pay for tickets.” Right on, big guy! I’m with you, or at least I would be if I wasn’t a public school teacher in the good old LAUSD.

I haven’t been able to afford tickets to a Laker game since around 1970, when a guy named Chamberlain played your position. I am, however, able to catch a game now and then on Channel 9 (sorry, I can’t afford cable).

Of course, in two-three years, when all the games are available only as pay-per-view, I don’t know what I’ll do--ask you for comps?

LOU COHAN

Cypress

*

Regarding Shaq’s comparison to Nietzsche [Viewpoint, March 4]. I think the writer of the remarks should first understand that Friedrich wrote in what we call the dialectic, therefore what he wrote in diction didn’t necessarily mean what he wrote. If so, one would believe that Nietzsche hated certain people, and that was certainly not the case.

But, most important, the fact that Phil Jackson would give Shaquille O’Neal a book written by Nietzsche is not only an insult to those of us who have studied the man, but to the man himself. Shaquille O’Neal is what I believe Nietzsche would deem the most evil of society, an unprepared man taking advantage of the weaknesses of society.

Lastly, Nietzche wrote of a Super Man, that would lead us into a more just society, and if Bill Bradley can’t do it, then it will be a cold day in hell before Shaq can.

SANTIAGO FLOR

Manhattan Beach