Let's start where we can all agree—or at least 99 percent of us.

Stay off the field. Is that very complicated?

Now, if someone is drunk or stupid enough and craves attention so much that he must run onto a playing field during a game, what should happen?

I'm good with cops using a Taser gun on such an idiot if that's the fastest non-lethal way to handle it, as they did Monday in Philadelphia. (Apparently last night's copycat wasn't worth the electricity.)

Hand-wringers point out cases where people shot with Tasers have died.

Well, people stabbed with knives have died, too, and people on the wrong end of 2-on-1 beat-downs from behind have also died. Tennis star Monica Seles and Kansas City Royals first base coach Tom Gamboa didn't incur fatal injuries when assaulted by invasive spectators, but they could have.

Nobody knew the kid in Philadelphia was weaponless and harmless. The cops and security had to assume he was armed and take him down quickly.

You might remember when Hawaii hosted Wisconsin last December, a guy dressed like Santa Claus got onto the field and ran down the sideline, right in the middle of the game.

I'd say the same rule applies.

Tase him, bro.

TASER GUNS are inherently both humorous and scary.

One of the funniest scenes in “;The Hangover”; is of children tasing guys with the encouragement of the police. Lots of people find it funny when you can shoot someone and it hurts like hell, but there is (usually) no permanent injury.

But even though Taser guns are considered non-lethal, it is serious business anytime police apprehend someone with a weapon of any kind. The whole civil rights-civil protection dichotomy comes up. You hope the authorities always use good judgment, but of course that's an unrealistic expectation since human beings are involved.

Keani Alapa is a former UH football player and police officer now in law school.

“;As a general rule, I think that tasing a runner is excessive, but this is not absolute. Every situation needs to be examined. ... Whenever an officer can articulate the need to use the Taser to prevent injury to themselves or others, its use might be justified,”; Alapa said. “;It's important to remember that the runner made the choice to break the rules, and although simply running across the field does not warrant a tasing, their non-compliance and reckless actions may require it. They should expect this possibility if making this choice.

“;As an athlete, I wouldn't care because it would give me a chance to catch my breath.”;

IS THE bullpen part of the baseball playing field and off-limits to fans during the game?

Seems like an obvious “;yes,”; right?

Apparently, not to everyone. On Sunday, several kids and even some adults used the UH relief pitchers' warm-up area at Les Murakami Stadium as their own playground, almost continually throughout a 12-inning game. Just because they scrammed when pitchers were actually warming up doesn't make it right.

Not a tasable offense and probably not the reason the Rainbows closer failed in a save attempt for the first time this season.

But still, quite ridiculous—and inconsiderate to the home-team pitchers.