My faith in humanity has been lowered a hundred fold

[Killbot]

Yeah, this makes me sick!


Damn feminists...

 

[Blunderman]

Apparently, all of Texas isn't writing to their congressman or representative (or whoever, I've not read up on US federalistic politics) about this, and as such, they invariably paint themselves as living up to their poor reputation. Have we all forgotten that "all it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing?"

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

school shooting in the making, anyone?

It would appear to this school board that the ability to throw a ball well, therefore he could shoot half the school in a bloody rampage, so long as the precious basketball team was saved! My god, what if the girl opted to shoot the basketball team... or just this guy? THEY WOULD LOSE THE GAME! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s]

Unbelievable. If only this kid was not a minor and would be forced to endure proper criminal trial, one where his athletic abilities would only come into question when he was introduced to his third hundred pound roommate, Tiny. Whose concern would be whether he could bend over or not.

This kid is fortunate I am not the father of the young woman. I swear I would have shattered his knee cap. Playing basketball would be the least of his concerns.

Also, can we cease with this ridicule of Texas? If given time, I could post links of equally incomprehensible garbage from other states. Hell a while ago on America's Most Wanted, a judge allowed a known rapist to be placed on house arrest. Evidently, he skipped and a week later had raped two nine year old girls. This was not in Texas.

 

[BrionJames]

My personal opinion is they should've thrown the book at him. Even if he plead guilty to other charges doesn't mean that he should get RAPE thrown out. He should still be listed as a sex offender. Not only that but to still let him be in the same school and play basketball?! WTF?

 

[VonBrewskie]

and here I thought

If I had known that the mere act of being able to throw a ball, either long distances or through a hoop slightly bigger than the ball, would let me get away with just about anything, I wouldn't have wasted so much time learning to read and write (really, when will I ever use those skills?) and would have focused all of my energy to playing (American)football and basketball.

Waterpolo does that as well, although to a slightly lesser degree. Sadly track and cross country (the sports that I did) they give you nothing, even when you break school records and take your school to the state finals (both of which I ALSO DID).

I guess it's the ball that holds all the power (no pun or double entendre intended). Without it, you're nothing.

and here I thought sports, ball or not, was about self-esteem and personal growth. I had good coaches and mostly bad coaches; I learned the game from my good coaches and how to stand up for myself and my team from the bad coaches. the cheerleader from this story stood up for herself. she can stand taller than anyone. if you care about what you "get" from sports outside of sublime conflict and personal growth, you are weak, and should train harder to lose that weakness. (I mean "you" in the general sense. Not necessarily you, twistedmic, or you AjimboB.)

 

[Canid117]

Someone should hit that player in the face with a hard piece of metal. Then they should hit the judge, the jury who dismissed it, and the schools administration in the face even harder.

 

[Merkavar]

someone should break that entire teams legs so they cant play for a season.

if there was ever need for a school shooting this would have to be it. the teachers etc involved. the student(s) and the judge for letting it all happen.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Am I the first person to read that story and take it with more then a grain of salt?

1. The [story] is published on a woman's victims group site, there's no way in HELL that it's fair and unbiased.

2. If they had enough evidence to convict this guy on rape THEY WOULD HAVE! District Attorneys don't just let people plea bargain because they want to.

I'm not saying Texas isn't a fucked up place (I lived there, it can be.) but it's kinda shitty to take sides without hearing the whole story, or even hearing an unbiased account of the story.

Escapist Community, I expected better from you.

[edit] for grammar correction.

Holy crap someone who can think for 2 seconds after reading an article, yay!. All I can find on this case is a bunch of blog post only telling one side of the story.

I was about to go nut reading the crap people have written.

 

[manaman]

Hold on a second... if he is a known rapist, then why is he even still on the team? That whole story is messed up...

The story is extraordinarily biased as well. Picturing the girl as a saint, the boy as evil beyond believe and the school as a tool to keep women down.

I am instantly suspicious of the story as a whole the way the article was written.

I don't mind a little bias in my articles, but I have a hard time trusting them when they are so blatantly trying to tell me how I should feel about something.

Don't worry guys. It's Texas, they're not real people.

they are people prick. just very very stupid people.

I guess I don't even have to follow that little link under your post to find out why you got yourself some mod wrath. Enjoy the suspension you will probably get for that nifty little post.

 

[Danik93]

I'm really really sick of the phrase "faith in humanity". I really am. If something terrible happens, it's terrible, but does it really affect the way I think about humanity as a whole? No.

What's going on at the school is unfortunate, but it doesn't change my opinion on human nature.

I want so see more i have gained my faith in humanity threads!

OT:Yea it's horrible but no need to lose your faith in the whole humanity for works of a few!

 

[Megacherv]

Dear, Texas:
FUCK YOU. You are rednecks and we are actively praying to every god that we can think of with the intent of making you secede, thus sparing us any further embarrassment.
Love, the rest of the country.

Not Robert Benfer! Not him! Noooooo!

 

[Agayek]

speaking as a foreigner, They really do give you a bad name. When you don't know many other americans personally it is hard to not think of you as racist fuckheads.

To put it bluntly, that's because we really are, on a cultural level. There's an ingrained racial bias that's pretty pervasive throughout the US. The vast majority are more than capable of looking past the stereotypes that are so prevalent, but they are used, or at least referenced, commonly by just about everyone in the States. I'm not wholly convinced it's a USA only thing, but in my exposure to foreigners, it's much less common.

Edit: I'm also not saying it's a necessarily bad thing. Stereotypes definitely have their uses, and they wouldn't exist as stereotypes if they weren't at least somewhat true on a general level.

 

[Agayek]

Holy crap someone who can think for 2 seconds after reading an article, yay!. All I can find on this case is a bunch of blog post only telling one side of the story.

I was about to go nut reading the crap people have written.

True, and if any additional information comes to light I'd definitely read it, but a quick google search has turned up nothing but a bunch of links back to that original blog.

That said, this is all text on the internet, it can't really effect anything, especially if the article isn't even true. There's nothing wrong with being outraged over hearing about something like this, regardless of its veracity. The sheer idea that this is possible should get people up in arms, because it's ridiculous.

Now, taking action against any of the people named is definitely a bad idea without all of the information. That doesn't mean it's in any way a bad thing to be outraged about it.

 

[LongAndShort]

Everything's bigger in Texas mate, including their absolute shitheads.

 

[Inuprince]

The people running the school aren't the only ones who are retarded, but also the guys teammates. I mean there is really not much hope that things will get better in the future if the next generation of kids are so stupid to play in the same team as this guy. If I was in that team I would say - **** this if this rapist is playing then I'm not - and I hope my mates would join me in this - not only should the girl stand up against this but everyone with a clear mindset. These people should be thrown in jail (next to Big Hank for 10 years minimum) in an instant after being proven guilty.