Silvestro's restaurant in FL hosts a dinner for someone charged with attempted murder. Isn't there something terribly wrong with a society that finds it acceptable to honor criminals and not the victims?
2007-02-12 02:47:17 · 8 answers · asked by kathy059 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
That someone of course is astronaut Lisa Nowak.
2007-02-12 02:48:33 · update #1
I thought it was outrageous too. I think the moral decay in our country is reflected in this case; it's hasn't added to it...it's been there for years.
2007-02-12 02:50:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the idea is to help someone who essentially had a mental breakdown. The restaurant and the community have long-standing ties with Nowak, and many people are more sympathetic than angry. She did commit a crime, true, but she doesn't come across as a criminal mind on the order of, say, Charles Manson. In other words, they have some hope of redemption for her. With all the self-proclaimed Christians around here, you'd think more people would understand that concept.
2007-02-12 10:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why is it that we glorify that which is not right? I know that someone is innocent until proven guilty. I believe that in several types of cases the media has convicted and sentenced people that end up completely innocent and ruin their lives. Doing something like this at this point in time seems a little too much overboard. The dinner should wait until the court dates have passed and a verdict has been rendered.
2007-02-12 10:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by Margaret K 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the ol "hug-a-thug" mentality at its best. I also understand they are naming a diaper after her. "Lisas' Leakers" Notice all the free publicity Silvestros is getting now??
2007-02-12 10:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by jaypea40 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, for one thing she hasnt been found guilty yet and we dont know the full story. From what ive heard in the media they are playing mental breakdown for all they are worth. If true, at least she wont go to jail, but her career is rightly over we dont need whackos flying mulitbillion dollar shuttles around.
2007-02-12 10:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by tomhale138 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm with you Kathy. It's sad to say, but the purpetraitor is to many times patted on the back as though their the victim.
2007-02-12 10:54:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They aren't a criminal until they are convicted
Just getting charged with a crime doesn't make you guilty
2007-02-12 11:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by BigD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hes not a criminal until hes found guilty
2007-02-12 10:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋