This Time Its All About the Fans

In yet another heated game of intense passion and bonehead plays anger prevails.  Joakim Noah while in a rage had some particularly colorful words for a fan that will cost him a $50,000 fine.  Now keep in mind, it was just a couple months ago that Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 dollars for using the exact same gay slur while speaking to himself.  So what is the message the NBA is trying to purvey here? Is it better to talk about others than it is to talk about yourself? Is  love of self really the greatest love of all? Is it better to put a dime in the bank than it is to give a homeless man a dollar? I don't know, and personally I don't care, but I bet David Stern is starting to rethink having cameras, and microphones so close to players who go through a wave of emotions at any given time in a  46 minute period.