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(04-19-2016, 06:46 AM)GMDino Wrote: What about the well-known pedophile that is the face of the Bengals?

Oh, wait...you didn't know?

Well look it up!

You will find he has the EXACT SAME number of convictions as Ben does for all those rapes!

If I don't know, how could I look it up?  You Steelers fans get dumber and dumber by the day.

If you mean Rey Maualuga, once again you're horrible at debates because (1) pedophilia is when a man is with a prepubescence, the girls with Rey were 17 and 18, (2) he didn't have sex with either of them, and (3) how's he the face of our franchise?!  


Like I said, dumber and dumber by the day.

(04-19-2016, 08:14 AM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Well, you missed the point again.  The point was that you bring it up even when it's not terribly relevant, just like you think Steeler fans do with six rings.  

But if that's where you want to take this, fine.  Let's go there.  Yes, what Ben did is sketchy, but it's the whole system of professional sports being messed up that allows it, not just the Steelers.  You think the Steelers are the only team that realizes the NFL is a multibillion dollar business?  You seriously think that the Bengals would ever let go of a Super Bowl winning QB on the strength of an accusation that never even led to criminal charges?  If you believe that, you are more naive than I even thought, and I think you're super naive when it comes to the Bengals.  

If you truly believe that he did it, it's not just the Steelers you should be shunning: you should reject the league and the whole system of professional sports that makes millionaires out of immature twentysomethings and causes owners to protect their investment as much as they can, because that dynamic is not unique to the Steelers.  It effects the whole system, of which the Bengals are very much a part.  The league could have easily overruled the Steelers and banned Ben, but they didn't.  You think that Steeler fans are terrible for continuing to support a team that harbors a rapist, and yet you continue to support a league that allows them to do so.  That's called hypocrisy, my friend.  

The fact is that you can't have it both ways: you can't criticize us for bring Steeler fans who ignore rape if you are an NFL fan who ignores rape.  And you can't expect us to give up on the Steelers if you don't give up on the NFL.  If you want to maintain any integrity on this issue, you have two choices: give up on the NFL, or change your tune and recognize the hypocrisy of your high horse.  

Of course, I have a feeling you'll do neither.

Except it is relevant because calling us all criminals is attacking the integrity of our franchise, which having a rapist as the face of yours shows the incredible lack of integrity by yours.

It never led to a criminal charge because the cops were too busy getting selfies with Ben instead of investigating, and Ben paid out a settlement, which why would the girl press charges when she knows nothing would likely happen anyways and only damage her chances at what could possibly help her in any way, which was money.

How many teams of the NFL have rapists as the face of their franchise?  I'll shun any team that does.  The quarterback is supposed to be a classy guy and above all of the childish things that all of the other positions do.  Even before all the rapes, most people, if not everyone, knew who Ben was, even if they couldn't name another player on the roster.

So it's not hypocrisy at all.