I look forward to rationalizing of this from some of the people here.
What type of rationalization ?
Is it what type of person he is ?
Is it if a crime was committed ?
Is it if the woman has no blame ?
Not sure which one you are talking about.
My thoughts on this issue are going to be looked at as monstrous so I stay out of these things.
The only thing I will say is, there are extremely few reasons for any person to attack/hit/assault another person. Yet, in the same vein in those extremely few situations, there is also never a reason that any person should be exempt from receiving the repercussions from their actions, IMHO. I am not dying for the sake of dated valor.
I find these men/women discussions to be a "poop or get off the pot situation", or in other words are we equal or are we not. And to be clear, I say that with the thinking that man or woman, a person should always have the common, basic respect for another person.
If Daryl Washington was gay, and did this to his spouse, would this situation be any different ? I sure hope not, but my gut tells me it would, and that is just plain wrong.
As for Washington as a person ? I don't know what the fight was about, or the state that the woman he was with was in. He is a known drug user, and while we all assume his drug issues revolved around smoking pot, I never heard that as the drug that was confirmed.
Maybe they were both high on cocaine or some other crazy drug and things got way out of control. That is not an excuse, just another thought on the matter on why this all went down.
I guess the reason I even jumped in the discussion, is that I find it dangerous thinking to default these situations as "its the man's fault, 100%" and bury said head in said sand. Not saying you are anyone else is directly saying that, but a lot of the comments in this thread are circling that type of logic.
Cause most of the focus is on Washington, as it should be on a football website. Yet, I read someone saying Washington "is no saint", and while that may be true, is it assumed that the woman in this ordeal is a "saint" ?
Regardless, Washington has shown poor judgement in actions, and affiliations. How he will be perceived will be on a person by person basis, but he will be suspended.
Yet, personally, Washington has the chance to redeem himself. I don't find him to be a monster, POS, etc. for what he has done in the past. Yet, there is no admiration for him as well. He is kind of in limbo right now, and to honest, I could care less if he plays well on the field. He has a way to go to get to Leonard Little type villainy, IMO.
Not picking on you Cheese, just thought your post was a good lead in.