I get it that you're hurting but mentioning the 2005 Ashes on this thread and calling the series "tainted" on the other one is inelegant straw clutching.
I've seen and read a hell of a lot about that series but "tainted" isn't a word I've ever heard used by Ponting, Warne, McGrath, Langer...
I agree. He's the Mohammad Amir of the situation. Except he's not as young or vulnerable and shouldn't have been as easy to persuade. He was obviously pressured into it though.