Mr. Plow
Practice Squad Player
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2015
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Amanda Knox.
For the last few years, I've had a running duel on various boards with people who are convinced, absolutely convinced that Amanda Knox is a horrible murderer who "got away with it."
This is especially the case with British citizens, with whom I've had conversations on the Guardian website.
Their logic goes like this:
Amanda is a privileged pretty girl and deserves what she gets.
Amanda is a Yank. Yanks are horrible. Also, Guantanamo, the Iraq War, Vietnam, blah blah.
What about Meredith Kercher's family? Spare a thought for them.
Americans lock up innocent people all the time. So, serves her right.
She looks guilty.
And on and on. Any time I try to engage one of these haters in a conversation as to whether or not she actually killed someone, the conversation gets derailed into a rant about how awful America is, Amanda's sexual habits, she pouted in the courtroom. Why don't I just admit that she's guilty?
I'm having the same conversation about the Pats around the interwebs. Just try to talk to someone about whether or not the Pats actually tampered with footballs. It's futile. The conversation always veers into how the Pats "have always been cheaters," the "Golden Boy," why don't you just give it up and admit that they cheated?
It's depressing.
I know the Pats are universally hated, but can't we rely on fans around the league to rationally think about this? Don't they recognize when someone is being railroaded? Is it okay to treat someone unfairly when that person happens to be someone you don't like?
Maybe I'm stretching on this.
But, I can only hope that, like in Ms. Knox's case, the truth eventually comes out.
For the last few years, I've had a running duel on various boards with people who are convinced, absolutely convinced that Amanda Knox is a horrible murderer who "got away with it."
This is especially the case with British citizens, with whom I've had conversations on the Guardian website.
Their logic goes like this:
Amanda is a privileged pretty girl and deserves what she gets.
Amanda is a Yank. Yanks are horrible. Also, Guantanamo, the Iraq War, Vietnam, blah blah.
What about Meredith Kercher's family? Spare a thought for them.
Americans lock up innocent people all the time. So, serves her right.
She looks guilty.
And on and on. Any time I try to engage one of these haters in a conversation as to whether or not she actually killed someone, the conversation gets derailed into a rant about how awful America is, Amanda's sexual habits, she pouted in the courtroom. Why don't I just admit that she's guilty?
I'm having the same conversation about the Pats around the interwebs. Just try to talk to someone about whether or not the Pats actually tampered with footballs. It's futile. The conversation always veers into how the Pats "have always been cheaters," the "Golden Boy," why don't you just give it up and admit that they cheated?
It's depressing.
I know the Pats are universally hated, but can't we rely on fans around the league to rationally think about this? Don't they recognize when someone is being railroaded? Is it okay to treat someone unfairly when that person happens to be someone you don't like?
Maybe I'm stretching on this.
But, I can only hope that, like in Ms. Knox's case, the truth eventually comes out.