Tuesday, March 31, 2015

WTH Moments

Last night while perusing the net and news, I saw this article saying the US signed an agreement to teach immigrants to unionize. I had one of those WTH moments. I'd like to know how others react to this.

Then there was an article on Darren Sharper, an ex-pro football player who has plead guilty to drugging and assaulting/raping nine women in four states. Tell me, why would a good looking young pro football player drug and rape women. In this day and age it shouldn't be too difficult to find willing women for such a guy. So why?? To me, this man is a serial rapist! Yet, in one video I watched, reporters were discussing whether he would still be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and saying there was no rules saying he shouldn't be eligible. What?! After watching all those ads with football players and sports personalities speaking out on "violence against women must stop", it seems the media is taking this latest sports/violence episode rather light. Everyone was horrified (rightfully so) over the Ray Rice video where he punches his girlfriend/wife. But this Sharper had done way worse, and we are hearing nearly nothing. Another WTH moment for me.

I know. There are so many WTH moments in the news, I guess a few more are not big news.

8 comments:

OldAFSarge said...

Two of the many reasons I try not to watch the "news" - most of it is not really news, the rest is just reports on how our country seems to be going straight to "H - E" double hockey sticks.

Sigh...

Jo Castillo said...

It is so hard to believe what is going on. It boggles the mind.

Bag Blog said...

I do occasionally watch the news, but I usually read my news online.

Bag Blog said...

It definitely boggled my mind.

Anonymous said...

I think a good news story is like good art. It should assault your senses. Like a Picasso painting always makes me want to throw a rock through someones window, or how a painting of Hiroshima just before the blast, is the feeling I get as I pay my taxes for the new high school football stadium and indoor heated Olympic swimming pool.

Bag Blog said...

Anon, I kind of like Picasso, but I have a similar feeling on the football stadium and pool.

Moogie P said...

Yeah, that union thing reallllly got my goat. There are so many shady shenanigans like that going on in DC that my head spins.

And, as for Sharper, I hear you he played for the Saints while we lived in NOLA and I was just crazy about him. He was on top of the world! And so good-looking. I hope he has a mental illness because I don't want to believe he's that evil.

Bag Blog said...

Understanding the mind of a rapist is crazy, but that is what he is. Yet it seems like everyone is treating it like "boys will be boys."