Quote Originally Posted by Typical_08 View Post
Ok, I understand that. I believe that once you violate the rights of another person, you should forever loose some rights of your own. We see this in loosing the right to vote and leagally owning arms. But as far as continuing with your life, and making a living I morally believe that if you have made it out of prison, then you should be allowed to attempt to make a life for yourself (be it fixing tires, or playing football, or whatever you can do legally). If you have not repaid your debt, then you should not have been let out of prison. Smell what I am stepping in?
Ok. Maybe I am not done with this thread.

I do understand exactly where you are coming from. And you are presenting your argument in an intelligent and compelling fashion. You are saying that if he is not allowed to get his life back that our justice system has failed. My argument is that (& you mentioned this before) our justice system is substantially based on society's perceptions of crime. After all, slavery was quite legal for a long time. So, I don't think that our legal system is flawed (well, not completely. I manage a law firm so I get to see some of it first hand), I think society is flawed in this respect.

The way you present your argument that he has repaid his debt to society and should be allowed to resume his career as a football player because it is what he knows how to do to earn a living, is thought-provoking (&, honestly, I could agree to his being allowed to play football again to earn a modest living, but I would be apalled if he went back to making millions). But comments referring to how much better his team will be when he's back on & how he's already done his time anyway so let him back on so that the team can kick some butt again are the ones that truly disturb me. Do you understand where I am coming from? It seems to me that many are just not taking seriously what he did, and that football is just more important. And this could very well be my flawed perception, but it is truly how I feel.