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Originally Posted by cannon7
To my knowledge, the only one actually punished here was the 14 year old child. A seven year history of bullying and no adults were held accountable.[
Yes, all things considered, I'll afford that individual an opportunity to straighten his life out.
Similarly, I hope the victim can find peace.
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You're not affording him the opportunity to straighten out though, you've been acting like it's a done deal and it's time to move on while his victim still talks about how painful it was. You've done everything to pass blame and excuse his actions in my opinion while not realizing that he hasn't done the bare minimum to earn that second chance.
Since my first post I said it's important to give second chances. But giving him the opportunity to straighten his life out should have start with him truly apologizing for his actions to his victim and seeking forgiveness. He hasn't made that first step, therefore in my mind he is the one foregoing his second chance, not us for not automatically granting it.
Not that it should matter what any of us think about him. No one is lobbying for him to be banned from the NHL or face further legal punishments. We just think that he's a ###### and won't care (or in some cases be pleased) if he doesn't make the big show and earn millions of dollars. And if he didn't want us to think he was a ######, he could have reached out to make amends but he doesn't, so it's obvious to me he doesn't want us to think he's a good person.