Posted On: August 20, 2007, 5:20 pm CDT

Posted By: brian

Thank you for commenting, WooWooWoo. However, contrary to your remarks I do want to understand it better, mainly because it doesn't make any sense. One thing I have always believed in was, always try to get to the root of the problem. Question the question. What is the true issue here? Is it truely a race issue? Is it truly about what is right? Or is this about revenge? The comments have been made, the apologies have been accepted but this delayed, adverse reaction does bring up a lot of other questions. The question she is going to have to answer now, is how these comments destroyed her reputation? In what ways has she suffered and how has she suffered them? What damage did these comments actually make? I think that a lot of people have made a lot of interesting and relevant points, but I think that the main point that we are missing is not about who or what she is but why is she doing what she is doing? No one really knows for sure. Sure we all have our opinions and lot of times that is all we have but, is this truely the type of person she is? Was she talked into this by a money hungry lawyer? Does she truly believe that she was wronged and if so, why are none of her teammates joining her in this so-called "circus"? Was she influenced by people highly regarded in the public eye? Or did she just decide that this was the only way to right a wrong? Again, we don't know for sure. I have to admit that at times I can be too judgemental and arrive at that judgement too quickly, as I am sure a lot people have done and continue to do. What I don't want to do, is judge this young woman before I get a chance to find out the true reason behind this lawsuit and how this suit is to help her and help correct this situation? Maybe I will never get the answers to these questions but I can always try to find them. I am not sure what gain she plans to get from this. Either by means of monetary value or for the sake of values, I certainly hope this isn't another person trying to abuse the system to find themselves a meal ticket. Although my intuition is hinting to me that she is doing this for herself and for monetary reasons, I can always hope that this is not the case. But I truely won't know until everything unfolds. Even though I am a white man I know for a fact that racism is still alive and not just in the minority community, it exists everywhere. Even though I am not a racist, I can say that I have unfortunately been in contact with people who are and it disturbs me that people are still being taught in the ways of ignorance and bigotry. I don't know if racism will ever truely be eliminated. I can certainly hope we can all get to a point where race, religion, sex or even sexual preference has no bearing on how we look at or treat each other. With that being said I will close with this quote, "Do onto others as you would have them do onto you". If we could ever realize how true and powerful this quote actually is and apply it in our everyday lives...I think that we could see a brighter tomorrow, not only for ourselves but for our children and our children's children. Let's make the world a brighter place for you and me. Thanks, Brian.