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Originally Posted by cannon7
He was a kid. As a father of a developmentally challenged child, I think its sick that society is pulling out pitchforks for something a 14 year old did. Do you remember being 14? Deny it all you want, but you did stupid things at 14. Some of the comments here are disgusting. I guarantee there are posters here who went through juvenile hall (or whatever the Canadian equivalent is), learned from it and are well-adjusted adults today. We can't afford an 18 year old the same opportunity? Sad.
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This is a challenging point, but I would offer he has been given the opportunity so far from 14 to 18: not just the bullying, but his attitude has not seemed to improve (i.e. nhl teams read on him as per this thread), if he didn't actually apologize (as per sureloss post in this thread), etc.
So, he's had many opportunities, but has not atoned for it. In fact, he is currently in a position of privilege - top flight nhl prospect - whereas the person he bullied is not.
I agree, however, that he needs some attention to help him with his challenges and work towards being a (much) better person. But, as I am sure you know, regardless of someone's specific situation, does not let them off with some degree of accountability. In fact, losing his potential nhl gig may be one thing that makes him realize what he's done.