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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Calling him a 'child' is pretty misleading. He was in the 8th grade. He knew what he was doing.
For the bullying, assaulting and racist language I have no problem with giving him no second chances when it comes to an NHL career. There are plenty of other careers he can chase, what he did was disturbing and awful.
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What? How is 8th grade "not a child". 12/13 years old is still a kid.
Should he have known better by that age, sure.
Should he never be given a second chance because of it, absolutely not.
If anything his parents were likely the problem with this scenario, and what drove his morals as a kid between the age of 8 and 14. This is what pushes kids like this to never actually improve themselves and just resent society.
I get why the other kids parents would never forgive him (and to me it sounds like no apology will ever actually meet what they are looking for) but I have tough time with people that seem so willing to just have a guy backlisted forever for what he did when he was in middle school.
Had this happened in grade 11/12 then maybe I could see it...but the focus for a kid who does something like this is rehabilitation and education why it was wrong, not blacklisting him for life and creating more resentment.