I agree with you there.
I think Artest deserves this suspension for more then just 1 reason: I really think a message needed to be sent to the NBA players that NO action like this will be tolerated. But also, the FANS involved need to be punished severely too, its amazing to think that FANS need to be sent a message as well, but they do.
I remember a few years ago when LindyRuff was hit with a cup filled with ice at the end of a Sabres playoff series in Philadelphia and Lindy went ballistic, I think he grabbed James Patrick's stick and you can tell he wanted to use it against the fan, but the plexiglass was just too high for Lindy to get very far. Now, if that glass wasnt so high, I bet Lindy would have used that stick. Now for all the Sabres fans on this board like myself, what if Lindy pelted the fan with the stick and hurt that fan? Would you have the same rage against Lindy as you do Artest???