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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Maybe because I am more sensitive with the times. But man if there isn't some veiled/subtle/unconcious racism going on in some of these comments in this thread.
Would you guys be making similar comments if this player was say, a white guy with a drug or alcohol addiction?
Gambling addictions are no joke. Regardless of what you think of the player on the ice, this is still a guy who is struggling off the ice.
Some of the comments on here are downright ignorant.
People need to listen again, and many times, to the stories of Akim, Evander, Dumba, Iginla, et al, and the #### they went through growing up in hockey, their home lives, and realize that the sterilized version you think you know about them isn't who they are and what they've had to deal with.
Have a little compassion. Maybe the same compassion a few of you seem to have for Jack Johnson, a white guy. There is very little information about what is going on with Kane, but there is a lot of terrible conclusion jumping going on in this kinda gross thread.
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Jack Johnson is an awful comparison. Not even worth talking about.
Better comparison would be Alex Burrows. Or Kesler. Or some other jerk. Sean Avery. If one of them came out and said they were broke, people would react the same as they are here.
Also, being broke is very, very different from alcohol and drug addictions. Gambling addictions are serious but I thought I read he only lost a couple mil gambling (allegedly)?
Either way, drugs and alcohol ruin your body very quickly. Gambling you can recover from and it doesn't kill your body, so they are understandably viewed with different severity.
Not only that but Kane declared bankruptcy. Many people don't understand that this doesn't automatically mean he's broke. Bankruptcy is very complicated in the US and this is probably a smart (but desperate) move in the long run.
Kane is going to be just fine financially IMO. As for any addictions he may have, I do feel bad for him if that's true. However, it doesn't make his obnoxious show of wealth and being an ####### for much of his career any less true.
That being said, is race a factor in some of these posts? I don't know. That's not something I can determine.