Heinous criminal indicted...Huh?
Let's see. A top federal government official discloses the identity of an undercover CIA agent to punish the agent's husband, all for crass political motives, and then lies about it...That official gets pardoned by the so-called president of the United States.
But now the President's Justice Department helps convince a federal grand jury to indict a baseball player for lying about whether he took steroids.
Priorities, priorities...
My new priority I guess is: Free Barry Bonds!
But unlike some Mumia* supporters, at least I know Bonds is guilty. I just think Bonds should be left alone. Baseball owners looked the other way during the Steriods Era and Bonds should not be made a scapegoat.
* Calm down, Mumia fans. I don't think Mumia was guilty of first degree murder. I think he just came upon his brother getting unfairly beat up by a white police officer, got into it with the officer, and the officer ended up dead. That is less a first degree than a second degree murder, and not one where a person should be sentenced to death under the circumstances. There were also some questionable prosecution tactics and scam witnesses in the trial, which occurred in an atmosphere not conducive to due process.
posted by Mitchell J. Freedman @ 8:33 PM
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I think one of the most important appeals of competitive sport is that there is a generally objective measure for success (let's forget about figure skating for the moment). Maguire is a much liked athlete (unlike Bonds) yet there was no rush to defend him because "everyone else did it". And how lame a defense is that, anyway? I don't want Bonds to do time, but it would be nice to let fans throw baseballs at him (how's that for a promotional idea, Bud?) The asterisk on the Hall of Fame ball is inspired - one of baseball's finest moments!
Paul, I know we disagree about Bonds in general--which is ironic since I'm the Dodger fan and you're the Giants fan (at least I think you root for the Giants). Still, I sense you think it is too much to put Bonds in jail over this situation.
Also, I must say the US government has not placed McGuire in jail for contempt for not answering questions about his steriod use, which would be consistent with what is happening to Bonds for talking--and not telling the truth.
Again, I am of the view that Bonds did use steriods. I just think this has descended into a witch-hunt.
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