Are Parker Rice and Levi Pettit Being Treated Justly?

For starters, what they did was terrible and should be reprimanded. I was the one who started the thread on the OT the first night. It was shocking, horrible, and wrong.

That said, their lives have now been destroyed. Their prospects for further education and a future job are pretty dim. They are social pariah and are getting death threats. There is a good chance that their family's lives are destroyed as well. No one will go near them. They don't even understand how much they are hated. You can tell that from the apology statements.

The fraternity has been disbanded. That is probably the best course of action because this seemed to be institutionalized. It was obviously full of racists, and these two men were participating in that culture and proliferating it.

But, here is the question: Is the punishment just? For those who want justice, is this justice?

Or, should the punishment be more severe? Should there be a legal punishment?

When we find a racist today, is that the unforgivable sin? Is there any chance for redemption? Is there any possibility for forgiveness?

Mel Gibson is finished because he said something against Jews when drunk. Even Robert Downey, Jr could not get Hollywood to give him another chance.

Do we sacrifice people to cleanse our own conscience? Does the mob want blood? How do we get the damn spot out?

Just some questions. What does real justice look like here?