The Hidden Truth Behind Daughters and Dogs

I'm going to talk about a hot topic, yet for me, there are much deeper dynamics at play. I won't touch on them overtly. See if you can figure them out on your own....

Society continues to disappoint. Michael Vick did horrible things to dogs. Horrible things. As a result, he was vilified by the public and media alike. Ben Roethlisberger does horrible things to young girls. Horrible things. As a result, (insert cricket sounds here)...

How is it that a society as sophisticated as ours can devolve to where animals are regarded more highly than people? To be clear, I understand that Big Ben hasn't been convicted or even charged with a crime. That's not the point. Forget law & order for a second...forget the soft approach mainstream media outlets have taken...and consider this litany.

-the young lady Ben allegedly sexually assaulted is nineteen. Where I'm from, nineteen is still included in the teenage years. She's a teenage girl.

-the teenage girl Ben allegedly sexually assaulted was drinking; certainly no shock here that a teenager was engaged in under aged drinking. The key here is that Big Ben is 28...darn near 30. In other words, he's a grown ___ man. Where I'm from, grown ___ men qualify as adults (regardless of intelligence level).

-adults aren't supposed to allow, promote, or in any way condone under aged drinking.

What kind of adult, not only condones partaking in the sloppy inebriation of a teenage girl and then takes advantage of her drunken state by leading her to a "dingy bathroom" to have sex with her? Answer: Ben Roethisberger.

So, to recap, Big Ben Roethlisberger, an adult, contributes to the delinquent behavior of a minor, fails to offer her protection from herself, takes her into a cordoned rear bathroom, and allegedly sexually assaults her (confirmed sexual intercourse did take place). Yet, there's no outrage, no venom, no shouts of reprehensible behavior, sexual predator (third known such instance for Big Ben), cad, cretin,....nothing...from the public, women's rights groups, or mass media outlets. I don't get it.

So, is this what we've become? "You can sexually assault my teenage daughter, but you better not lay a finger on my dog..."