Still, there appears to be so much smoke around Vick and Donaghy that prospects of huge fires breaking out in the near future are good. Newspaper reporters or website typists with agendas who make these sorts of accusations are one thing; Federal investigators altogether another.

看上去，在维克与多纳吉周围已经硝烟弥漫，熊熊大火似乎一触即发，这样的前景不是什么坏事。那些有计划大肆报道这些新闻的报纸记者与网站打字员是一回事，联邦机构的大规模调查则是另一回事。

So, for the moment, what do we do? How do we think, act? What do we say?

那么，就现在的情况而言，我们该做什么呢？我们该怎样思考，怎样反应呢？我们该说些什么呢？

Anger is fine, appropriate. Hand-wringing is acceptable.

愤怒没有问题，这种情绪无可厚非，即使感到绝望也绝非无法接受。

Vick has been called so many names in two or three days that we've pretty much got it off our chests.

两三天以来，维克被无数人咒骂，以至于我们甚至以此为乐。

Turns out, you can anger sports fans — but don't mess with PETA.

尽管如此，但结论却是，你可以激怒体育迷，但千万别得罪PETA（人类善待动物组织）。

Now Donaghy has taken our anger to a bigger target, to an institution we never quite trusted but badly wanted to. Barry Mano of Racine, Wis., is a perfect spokesman for that institution. He is president of the National Assn. of Sports Officials (NASO), and Friday, while prefacing all statements with the phrase "if this is true," he was clearly a man shouting out a window for all the world to hear.

现在多纳吉把我们的怒火引向了更大的批判对象，一个我们从未给予多少信任，但却衷心希望信任它的组织(NBA)。来自威斯康星州拉辛市的巴里·马诺，是NBA最适合的发言人。作为全国体育裁判协会(NASO)主席，本周五他用“如果这是真的”作为开头，发表了一系列的声明。很明显，他要把头伸向窗外，让全世界都能听到他的声音。

"What we bring to the table is impartiality," Mano said. "Without that, we're lost. That makes this a horror story."

“我们的职责就是保证不偏不倚，”马诺说，“缺了这一条，我们就输了一切，这也就是为什么这条消息如此令人恐怖的原因。”