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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
No matter how bad your life is unless there is a gun to your head you should be accountable for the choices you make.
In no way would I ever justify what James did to Theo, but absolving Theo of choices he made after is ridiculous and IMO is wrong. Accountability is a very important thing in our society and without it anyone with a bad childhood is given a free pass to reek havoc on our society.
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The choices he made ended his NHL career and cost him a slam dunk induction into the Hall of Fame. They resulted in significant criticism when his drug problems started to become public. They cost him relationships and a pile of money bigger than any of us will ever see.
The choices he made have also sent a pedophile predator back to jail and have helped raise awareness and support for sexual assault victims, especially male victims.
The guy was one of the better players of his generation, won a Stanley Cup, won Olympic gold, is easily top three all time in Flames history.
For all your talk about "absolving" him being wrong, I think this is more a matter of you desiring to punish him for some reason. It smacks me as being something along the lines of the Moore/Bertuzzi thing where people just wanted to see a guy beat down over and over and over again until they were personally satisfied.