An opinion about Adam Ritz is expected. During the whole time people debated about whether or not he should be here I kept replaying one thought.

My friend had sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend when he was 19. This is before the “Romeo and Juliet” law, and her parents reported him for having sex with someone under age.

The “Romeo and Juliet” law makes it legal to have sex with a minor as long as there is a maximum of a four-year age difference.

Yes, he was stupid and had sex with a minor. But now because of that incident three years ago, he was kicked out of his college and house and now works at a gas station. He is also on the sex offender list.

He is stupid, and he is being punished.

Ritz was convicted of sexual battery involving his 22-year-old baby sitter. He is making money talking to multiple schools about how alcohol is a bad thing and makes people do stupid stuff.

I do not like how Ritz is able to make money when he attempted to rape his baby sitter while my friend, who is a douche bag for sure but still a good person overall, has to start his life over. I know Ritz served his time, but he picked his life up even though his crime was the worst of the two.

But I am very upset Ritz canceled his presentation. While I do not like seeing him make money like that, I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. I wanted to give him a chance. I would have also liked to see other’s reactions. I wanted to see if anyone changed his or her views, maybe to see if even I would.