A Great and Godly Adventure is a good short subject history of Thanksgiving in the U.S.
Meanwhile, as seen here (with opinion), Ray Rice won his appeal. It helps that a former federal judge that is a woman wrote it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he came back. And, the league has miscreants who did some horrible things too. Just none with video.
The opinion provided at the link is both fairly short (17 pages with key points in the second half) and very important to get a sense of the matter. At one point, “public confidence” is cited as grounds for discretion. If that alone was at stake, and this influenced my own thinking, the release of the video very well might have made all the difference. But, according to the judge, taking everything into consideration, the thing turned on the judgement that Rice lied or at least misled the NFL.
Given that, I do trust the opinion of the judge here. Some will be upset, but the ire should be at the league for mishandling things. The league has various players who have done some horrible things, including of a serious violent nature. The original two game suspension might be deemed too little, but it fit with the rules as applied. Use of ex post facto procedures is not the best approach to deal with domestic violence. Sometimes, offensive people get the benefit of due process of law. It's useful to remember that now and again, not just when the death penalty is involved or some other liberal friendly situation.
The opinion provided at the link is both fairly short (17 pages with key points in the second half) and very important to get a sense of the matter. At one point, “public confidence” is cited as grounds for discretion. If that alone was at stake, and this influenced my own thinking, the release of the video very well might have made all the difference. But, according to the judge, taking everything into consideration, the thing turned on the judgement that Rice lied or at least misled the NFL.
Given that, I do trust the opinion of the judge here. Some will be upset, but the ire should be at the league for mishandling things. The league has various players who have done some horrible things, including of a serious violent nature. The original two game suspension might be deemed too little, but it fit with the rules as applied. Use of ex post facto procedures is not the best approach to deal with domestic violence. Sometimes, offensive people get the benefit of due process of law. It's useful to remember that now and again, not just when the death penalty is involved or some other liberal friendly situation.
And, now for some football.
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Thanks for your .02!