Quaker Football: Keep Rowing Maties
I just read an article that puts the count of those charged up to five. It also interviews a parent of one of the football players who says that they've got it all wrong. The football team was apparently attacked by three wild eyed terrorist boys and the school should be helping the team.
I thought the school WAS helping the team. To date I have found no information leading me to believe that the team's lives have been affected in any way by the charges. (at least caused by the school) They still live on campus (those that did before), they still go to class, and the school wants to put this matter behind them. To me, that seems pretty darned helpful. The students of the school have a different idea about how things should be handled, and I have a VERY different view of how things should be handled. I admire the school who is willing to turn the other cheek on behalf of the victims. Yes, it does sound to me like this is the same as accusing the rape victim of causing the rape. But, turning the other cheek is one of the great halmarks of the Quaker religion. I also admire the students who staged a walkout. They aren't demanding blood or an eye for an eye, they are demanding an end to racial hatred. They too are better people than I. I can't demand peace, because I want justice. Let me summerize. If team ball sport playing jocks are found guilty then punish them. A lot. Cat O'nine, yardarm. And don't worry, the yardarm is long enough to hold all 15 men and a dead man's chest.
Now to the parent's theory that the three terrorist attacked 15 big strapping football players. Sure it is possible. During WWII the Japanese did their Kamakazi thing crashing planes into ships. Sucicide attacks are also popular among middle eastern fighters these days. It is possilbe that these three students may have intended to throw themselves bodily kicking and screaming into the middle of a team of football players for god and country. Wait,a minute...I think there might be a monkey trying to work his way out of my butt. Nope, just a fart. Nice theory though. If true, we can rely on our mighty court system to ferret it out and bring the true guilty to justice.
"Quaker football", isnt that a contradiction in terms?
