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Split98 · 11-26-2019, 07:21 AM

I'm conflicted and curious to find out if this was a one-off and what the context was. 2008 is a long time ago, and while it's clearly words you never use I'm interested to hear how he's handled himself the 11 years since. If the context wasn't hate-based, is this 'apologize and move on' or can we never recover from this?

It's also tough to discredit Akim, but the allegations he's making stretch further than just the use of the word - which itself is a problem. First, the word was used at him - which is one big element to 'context' IMO. It absolutely doesn't make any other use right, but it's obviously a different allegation than him referring to the music.

But for me, the biggest allegation is this:
"And instead of remedying the situation, he wrote a letter to John McDonough and Stan Bowman to have me sent down to the ECHL."

If Peter's is so racist he sent an email to have him removed this will be corroborated. I can't imagine Peter's didn't want certain people on his team and verbally abused him without anyone else having witnessed it.

11-26-2019, 07:21 AM	#330
Split98 Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario Exp:	I'm conflicted and curious to find out if this was a one-off and what the context was. 2008 is a long time ago, and while it's clearly words you never use I'm interested to hear how he's handled himself the 11 years since. If the context wasn't hate-based, is this 'apologize and move on' or can we never recover from this? It's also tough to discredit Akim, but the allegations he's making stretch further than just the use of the word - which itself is a problem. First, the word was used at him - which is one big element to 'context' IMO. It absolutely doesn't make any other use right, but it's obviously a different allegation than him referring to the music. But for me, the biggest allegation is this: "And instead of remedying the situation, he wrote a letter to John McDonough and Stan Bowman to have me sent down to the ECHL." If Peter's is so racist he sent an email to have him removed this will be corroborated. I can't imagine Peter's didn't want certain people on his team and verbally abused him without anyone else having witnessed it.