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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
I think if this was how it took place, and a sincere apology was made, we wouldn't be here today.
I'm 100% about forgiving mistakes from the past and giving second chances, understanding that people can make mistakes that need not haunt them the rest of their life, so long as confidence is very high that the behavior was some sort of a one off and not reflective of their true character.
I do not believe this is one of those circumstances.
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I don't see "frustration" as a mitigating circumstance at all. I've been plenty frustrated with my wife (who is a black woman from Barbados). Never once in our ten year relationship did I even consider/come close to uttering that word for any reason. I also note that few people consider it to be a mitigating circumstance if Joe Blow only hits his children when he is frustrated.
All that said, I agree with the rest of your post. And I'm perhaps less cynical than you with respect to Peters. I don't think this needs to necessarily haunt him for the rest of his life. He can learn from this, atone for it, grow from it, and move on. It will take a lot of time, a lot of work, and probably a lot of pain, but he can definitely do it. He just can't be the coach of an NHL team while he goes through that process.