Kobe case creating divisiveness along racial, gender lines in Colorado town

The Kansan City Star ^ | MARCIA C. SMITH

[Joe Hadenuf]

"Eagle is a small town that's maybe a little bit backward.

I always get a kick out of bull sh*t like this.

Want to see real backwards towns, where wrong is right, where people burn their own neighborhoods down, murder, rape and robbery is routine and common, where decadence and perversion is the norm, well look no further than cities like the Lakers home town, Chicago, Cincinnati, NY, SF, Houston, Miami, Boston etc etc.......

Would YOU like to be tried on a he said, she said, rape charge in a small town, in which she lives, and you live far away? Would not you prefer just about any other venue?

Huh? I don't cheat on my wife and commit adultery. I don't have to worry about that crap.

[over3Owithabrain]

Do you think if a star athlete comes to a small town and bonks a local, then possibly rapes her, he should get the case moved to LA?
Maybe you're a KoBot after all...

[kstewskis]

LOL, when there's a will, there's a way.... ;o)

[Torie]

Ya, but that ignores the question, as to whether where you would prefer to be tried if you DID have to worry about it. I did not say Eagle was backward. In fact, I suspect it is more upscale than most small towns.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Or should I say, I don't cheat on my wife and commit adultery, I don't get mixed up with all the chaos that kind of behavior results in. I don't have to worry about that crap.

[Drew68]

I have not seen one iota nor have a clue what she looks like, nor does anyone else, and I'd dare say, the writer of this article probably doesn't know what she looks like either.

Actually, pics of the girl have already found their way to the web. And yes, she is white.

[over3Owithabrain]

Ok you confused me again, Torie. I give up LOL

Sorry again and cheers! This whole thing is pissing me off 'cuz I know where it's headed: OJ 2

I don't pretend to know all the facts either and won't assign guilt to Bryant on the rape charge until I hear the evidence at trial. But I don't think the DA would pursue this without some idea that it could end in conviction.

[Torie]

Maybe it should be moved to his hometown of Newport Coast, the richest, most Republican most Anglo place in about anywhere in the United States. Starter homes go for a million plus.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Ya, but that ignores the question, as to whether where you would prefer to be tried if you DID have to worry about it.

LOL. I don't do stupid things like that, and if I did, I would deserve what I got.

[over3Owithabrain]

What do you mean? Kobe is not some sellout bro - he's a militant black man being put down by Da Man!

-sarcasm-

[Joe Hadenuf]

Do you think if a star athlete comes to a small town and bonks a local, then possibly rapes her, he should get the case moved to LA? Maybe you're a KoBot after all...

People that defend these types of people are part of the problem....

[Palladin]

Not only photos, but her name, as well as her parents' names, are up on some very high-profile websites.

I pray that God will give this girl and her parents the strength they will need for the ordeal ahead.

Already, some TV programs are trying to rip this young woman to shreds.

Sometimes I hate the media...even FOX, where Rita Cosby is salivating all over the place, putting words in the mouths of the victims' friends, and salaciously seeking every morbid detail.

I am boycotting FOX for awhile. I don't like crime as entertainment.

[Tall_Texan]

"Da bitch set me up!"

Stop me if you've heard this before...

[Michael2001]

This article is already making conlusions. In all honesty, how do we even know she is white?

They're not allowed to release the name, but the whole town pretty much know who she is, and the people writing this article probably do too.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Perfect......

[over3Owithabrain]

The cult of celebrity is amongst the most toxic poisons plaguing our Republic. I remember little white boys waving Dennis Rodman shirts alongside their parents at Bulls games, right after repeated disclosures of his drunken orgies came to light. I remember Atlanta Braves fans giving Chipper Jones a standing O as a way of supporting him when diclosures of him fathering a bastard child while married came to light. There's no way in hell America is going to let their Kobe come out of this without his Godhood intact.

[Sabertooth]

I have a feeling that somewhere along the way the GOP and Bush are going to get blamed.

Now the pathological need for your pre-emptive strike is clear.

Smearing Kobe's victim is just like defending President Bush. Get help.

[Drew68]

Not only photos, but her name, as well as her parents' names, are up on some very high-profile websites.

It was bound to happen. The whole town knew who she was.

I am boycotting FOX for awhile. I don't like crime as entertainment.

I agree. I like FOX but they go waaaay overboard on crime cases. For a while, they were the "All Laci Peterson, All The Time" network.

There is other news happening in the world. Everything about Kobe right now is nothing more than speculation, heresay and innuendo.

[Howlin]

I haven't smeared anybody at all.

I was making a joke, but on your never ending quest to sanctimonously bash anybody about Bush, I can see how you did't "get it."

No, no......you don't have an agenda, do you?

[Torie]

You don't think Howlin is capable of dry humor? Lighten up. Call Howlin out when she deserves it. Call me out when I deserve it. But give folks some space to be sarcastic/ironic. Without that space, I would have far less fun around here than I in fact do.