A few words on Rice

Wanted the noise to settle before posting anything. Ray Rice was wrong. The video is shocking. The punishment is fitting. Let's make that clear. A man should never, ever, lay his hands on a woman with intent to harm her. That seems to be a standard we can all agree with. Before you fire bullets at Ray Rice....ask yourself....have you ever done anything to harm a woman? Have you looked at pornography? Have you looked at a woman lustfully? Desired to do things with her you shouldn't do? Desired to do things with some random woman in a photo who may not even want to be in that photo? A woman who was forced into something she didn't want to do....and now she's just another photo floating on the internet. It's not an outward physical act maybe, not something caught on camera, but you are defiling that woman. And, if you're in a relationship or married, you are directly harming your partner. An unfaithful heart is like a knockout punch to a woman, to your wife. You have to come to grips with that. Anything less is a double standard. Ray Rice is dealing with the consequences of his worst acts, caught on camera. What if your deepest darkest moment was caught on camera? What would the punishment be? 

Can't believe I'm saying this, but for once, I agree with a Steelers player. Troy Polamalu nailed it: "Unfortunately, I've seen the video, but I have a lot of issues of my own that I deal with. In truth, I couldn't judge him on anything, because I'm defiled by as many passions and sins and more than him, most likely."

"I have my own struggles. And, obviously, he's got his own struggles. And we all have our own struggles. So, I can't look past my own struggles to judge him.''

Put the pitchforks down. Look at yourself first.

Then, pray that Ray Rice comes out of this a better man. Redeemed. Made whole. Pray for him and his wife. Just a thought.