Frank Mir's apology might not have been genuine

"I would like to apologize to Brock Lesnar, his family, the UFC and the UFC fans for my stupid remarks," said Mir. "I respect Brock, all the other fighters, and the sport of mixed martial arts.  I’m sorry that I stepped out of line."

However the feeling of moral outrage has subsided as several intrepid writers have pointed out that other fighters, including Brock Lesnar himself, have used the death threat as a hype generator.

The fears over a mainstream media outcry have diminished so much --Michael Wilbon of PTI brushed it off like nothing at all-- that Mir now feels comfortable enough to pull a second about face to Ben Fowlkes:

"When I got called in and they told me, 'Listen man, this is an issue,' I kind of had a smirk on my face the whole time," says Mir, who was quoted in a public apology for the remark on the UFC's Web site earlier this week. "I was like, you're kidding, right? This is a joke, right? I've heard people say that this is to the death. I've heard people say about an opponent, 'I'm going to kill him.' I heard Brock say he was going to put his hand up my rear end to pull out a horseshoe. I didn't hear anyone get too upset about that."

"No one's been able to explain it to me yet," Mir says. "I thought we understood that what we say on camera is part of the entertainment aspect of our sport and we kind of get a little artistic license. It's not like I said this to my neighbor, that if his dog shows up in my yard one more time I'm going to kill him. That would be bad. That's a problem. I didn't understand it, but hey, it came my way, I said it, and I can't cry about it now. I've just got to deal with it, I guess."

WKR is curious to see how the UFC will respond to one of their fighters basically screaming, "no tag backs I had my fingers crossed!" after apologizing through UFC.com.

But on the positive side of things WKR assumes we are back to the s*** talking status quo. Just don't ever get specific with how you want to kill someone or say it after several people have died from or during sports related events.