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Artest was not in physical danger. I cannot understand ANYONE saying that it was a natural reaction from a professional athlete. How is it a natural reaction? Hundreds and hundreds of athletes have had beer thrown on them in games for years....How many of them reacted in the same manner?

I would expect that Artest's actions in the past will be taken into account. They should. If this was a first time offender of doing something ridiculous such as this, I would expect the NBA to go a little easier. However, with Artest's history, the league should come down HARD on this nut.