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.
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.