Friday, September 21, 2007

Jena Six

Barry Bonds, Home Run King

In the United States it is a false notion that anyone is innocent until proven guilty. Allegations of steroid use by Barry Bonds are nothing more than allegations yet public opinion, largely fueled by one man's quest to sell a book and partially because of a natural tendancy of Americans to look down on African Americans, has ruled that Bonds is guilty.

The asterisk means nothing in a court that is extremely biased and leads a battle of injustice where one man is the "lightning rod" for scrutiny that belongs on a macroscale if at all.
Until focus is placed on all of major league baseball public opinion has no place judging one man, especially when allegations are the only thing it has to base its opinion.

While I don't expect those on the internet to decide to bestow the ball without an asterisk as it is largely a caucasian user base I do want to put my mark on the net so it is known that not everyone is prepared to blindly adhear to the prejudiced direction that manipulates the mindset of the western world.

I'm voting "A"