Justice?

Have you been following the San Jose Rape case? It just concluded yesterday and the outcome was foreordained. Once again the victim was found guilty. The jury reasoned that Jane Doe asked for it and even if she didn't, she deserved it. There was no way, they determined, that eight "fine young athletes" would force themselves on a semi-comatose 17 year-old girl, unless they were so overcome by her wiles as to be helpless themselves. What a crock!

These young men have grown up feeling entitled to anything their little hearts desired because they have a modicum of athletic skill or talent. But in the core of their humanity they lack the essential quality of compassion for human dignity and care for the helpless. Their moral compasses are non-functional.

It would be fitting for these warriors to someday become fathers of girls, and then have to explain their behavior in this disgusting affair to their daughters. Good luck with that.

Here for posterity are their names:

Christopher Knopf
Kenneth Chadwick
Spencer Maltbie
Ryan Kanzaki
Cesar Gutierrez
Luis Cardenas
Stephen Rebagliati
Scott Righetti

I note that they were accused but were not found guilty. That should not be construed, however, as having been found innocent.