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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
It really doesn’t assume anything and certainly not that his head is down on purpose.
Arguing that people should wear seatbelts doesn’t absolve bad drivers who cause accidents. In fact it has nothing at all to do with it. Forgetting to wear a seatbelt and intentionally not wearing one result in the same outcome. So wear a seatbelt.
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It doesn’t matter that they result in the same outcome. If we want to use bad analogies, it’s why there’s a difference between criminal actions that are intentional and criminal actions that are accidental or unintentional, even if they’re the same action. There’s a big difference when it comes to intent. Telling someone it’s wrong to do something they didn’t intend to do is useless information. Telling someone who did it on purpose? Sure, there’s merit in that.
So at best, “keep your head up” is a completely useless thing to say. It doesn’t add anything if we assume the player knows that and didn’t intend to have his head down at that moment. If you accidentally stubbed your toe on a chair leg and someone said “you should watch where you’re going,” would you see that as good, relevant advice you weren’t aware of? I hope not.
At worst, it does absolve the hitter. They’re the ones with intent, the responsibility not to hurt someone like that is 100% theirs. It absolves them because suggesting even 10% of the responsibility lays with the guy who got hit is nonsense. You see a player with their head down, you do not proceed directly through them, end of story in my opinion.
I get your angle that it’s just generally good advice, but to who? NHL players in their 6th full year of pro hockey? I sincerely doubt that’s an honest angle, let alone a valid one.