Oct 27th, 2003
Redskins sign Darrell Russell
Today, the Washington Post reported that the Washington Redskins are considering signing Darrell Russell, a defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders who has been serving a suspension for violating the NFL drug policy. Russell was the second overall pick in the 1997 NFL draft and has been selected to two Pro Bowls with the Raiders.
He is an excellent player who has the potential to change the dynamics of the Redskins defensive play.
In September 2002, 25 felony counts were dropped against Russell in a rape case, because prosecutors could not prove that he failed to intervene and videotaped a woman being raped by two of his friends in January 2002. In the case, he was also accused of drugging the woman with the date-rape drug GHB and charged as an accomplice.
If there is one feeling I have more than my passion for the Washington Redskins, it is my vehement hatred for rapists.
To me, the only thing worse than rape is pre-meditated rape involving a date-rape drug. The fact that this s@#t head may have been involved with taping the incident drags it down even further.
In Dante’s Inferno, Circle Nine of Hell - Cocytus - was reserved for individuals who committed acts of treachery against those who had special ties. Round 3, Judecca, was the most damned area in this circle and lay at the center of the Earth, completely submerged in ice.
Here, Judas, Brutus, and Cassius were held in Lucifer’s three mouths, where they were subjected to freezing gusts of impotence, ignorance, and hatred for all of eternity.
In the action of providing an unwitting and naive victim with a drug that is intended to reduce them to the point that they become completely subjugated to the aggressor’s will, I would like to contend that they are involved in a treachery that should condemn them to this deepest pit of hell.
Also, if the Redskins decide to sign Darrell Russell, I will not watch any more of their games until he is no longer a member of their team.
