On the incredibility of the KU ticket scandal

There's so many questions to ask about this KU ticket scandal.

To begin, how did these thinking, seemingly bright, intelligent people think this was somehow okay to do?

How is it they thought they could even take one--or four--tickets, resell them, reap the profit and that that was, as I said, somehow okay?

Then to take thousands?

What religion were they raised in?  Because I can tell you, by atheist standards, that is decidedly not "okay".

Were they satanists or anarchists maybe?

How do you face your spouse when you participate in this kind of thing?

Your kids?

The rest of your family?

On what planet do you live on that this is okay?

No one's a saint but I thought maybe taking a few ink pens from the office was even theft.

I've worked with KU employees for years, too, and everyone I met over there had a kind of reverence for the place.  How do you go from thinking of it fondly and respecting it to ripping it off for thousands of dollars for years?

Does it never occur to you, while you're taking these tickets and the added profits that a) it's illegal, b) it would be a felony if you were caught and c) it would ruin you, in your career and socially, for the rest of your life?

While, at the same time, reflecting horribly--horribly--on your family--your wife, your children, your Mother and Father, your brothers and sisters.  (And I'm very intentionally capitalizing the parents reference here.  It's not a grammatical error).

More questions--

How is it you think you're going to, then, steal these thousands of tickets and have no one notice?

Next, how is it you think you're going to not only do all this and have no one notice but also have a group of, what?  Seven of you in on this theft and everyone is going to somehow, magically, all keep quiet?

There were even two people on the staff who didn't participate--I assume wouldn't--but they also knew about what was going on.  They're even getting probation on this deal and they didn't even take part.

Did none of these people ever hear the saying by Ben Franklin so long ago "Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead"?

I can't think of a more bizarre crime committed by so many people.

Murder and/or dismemberment, you figure, is by someone psychotic and insane.

This just seems like blatant greed, run amuck.

How ultimately, finally, tragic and sad.

Now, for nothing.

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