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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
What am I trying to say? It doesn’t matter who is in the right or who is at fault, if you are the one getting hit, it’s not going to end well. Just because one might have “right of way” doesn’t mean you can blindly enter a crosswalk, or skate with your head down. You are ultimately responsible for you, trusting others doesn’t always work out so good.
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And you think this isn’t something that people don’t know, a lesson that hasn’t been learned here… what? What is the purpose of pointing out this very obvious fact like it’s relevant?
Again, the difference between your analogy and situation at hand is that it’s still illegal to hit someone in a crosswalk regardless of what they’re doing, but it isn’t even a penalty to run through an unsuspecting player. The discussion is whether it should be, not “should people have to keep their head up or not????”
As I already pointed out, players will have to keep their head up regardless of it’s a penalty or not. Passes will need to be made, shots delivered, hits taken. So we’re past “keep your head up,” it’s a given. Players know that. Mistakes happen. Should it be legal to take advantage of that mistake and purposely run a guy through when he isn’t looking?
To use your analogy, should I be able to run a pedestrian down if they don’t make eye contact in the crosswalk? Yes or no?