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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
One was done in the context of a sporting event where he obviously stepped over the line and was punished as a result. The other was systematicand calculated abuse of a partner in front of a child, abuse that happened over the course or multiple events and done of clear mind and volition.
The two things are not comparable. I doubt that Bertuzzi meant to severely harm Steve Moore, and I don't doubt that Voynov intended to hurt his partner
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Seriously... How are these two things comparable at all?
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And lets be frank, while hockey is changing it is still a sport that condones fighting and doing many many things that are almost certain to cause injury and would see you in jail in any other arena, including most other sports arena's.
Outside of martial arts and the GAA no other sport has physical violence as deeply embedded in it, within this context what Bertuzzi did was not even out of the ordinary, even if the results were