I 100% believe she hit him first. To what extent, I have no idea...

Do I need to start his post by reminding everyone I abhor domestic violence?

Unfortunately, reasonable people still feel like they need to clarify that they 'abhor' domestic violence before making any point that doesn't perfectly fit in the echo chamber/outrage fest that all of these Ray Rice pieces have generated.

Yeah, you're kind of missing the point.

You run a gossip column.

Breaking news: it's the Bread and Circus and as a nation we're headed toward Thunderdome.

I abhor domestic violence, but...

The fuck did you expect them to do?

Russia is a big country.

I guess I'm not sure why you think that this is a point worth mentioning. Did someone say that a 165 lb fighter would easily knock out a heavyweight?

So, your point is that fighters in different weight classes are able to generate and/or take different levels of punching power?

Perfect Randian logic.

If there is any current group of folks more reprehensible than the petro dynasties, I don't want know about them. Solid gold airplanes, and fucking slaves.

All market corrections sort themselves out.

It's the primary reaction he chose to put front and center the day after the suspension the comically lenient suspension was announced, and when the story was being discussed the most. And it's the reaction you're choosing to put forward.

Disagree wholeheartedly about Wilbon. He doesn't say that stuff, he shouts it.

No one deserves to be hit by a spouse ever. Ever. But...

You're exactly right. Their not saying that the NFL is wrong, just that they might regret it as a business decision. What a bunch of fucks.

I think you're missing the point: it's the context of that civil conversation that sends the message. When a person's primary reaction to Ray Rice knocking a woman unconscious and dragging her from an elevator is to ask for a civil conversation about double-standards and what women should do to avoid provoking men…