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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That all seems too harsh to me, personally. Apparently some people disagree, which is fair enough. I assume those people would like to see changes to the Criminal Code to ensure that anyone else who behaves like Miller did as a minor, and fails to demonstrate adequate remorse, is faced with similar consequences.
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The only two things I would say is referring again to "relatively normal," as in, relatively normal, considering his history. Yes, this issue will probably come up and effect him in different ways for some time, but his life will otherwise align with the kind of trajectory of fairly lucky people who do not have his history. If you want to say his life is ruined, sure, but that's an awfully low bar for "ruined" and it's one he set for himself.
I also think that's an entirely unfair and baseless assumption. Not feeling bad or taking some level of satisfaction in the result is not remotely the same as looking for Criminal Code changes to ensure everyone similar meets the same fate. That's kind of ridiculous. To use an extreme example and not comparing Miller to the same, just because someone hears about someone guilty of rape getting hit by a bus and either doesn't feel bad or is happy it happened, does not mean they are in favour of implementing the death penalty, though sure, some might be. But it makes little sense to place that assumption on everyone.
That said, I'm not even sure how you'd amend the criminal code to say "if you act like Miller did, you lose the immediate opportunity to make millions of dollars in a public-facing entertainment job where you'll represent a multi-million dollar franchise and be a role model to children."
I mean I guess if people want that added to the criminal code go nuts.