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Originally Posted by N-E-B
It’s weird that people are more upset at the Flames for a PR blunder than they are at Dillon Dube for allegedly participating in gang rape.
I’m willing to forgive the Flames for what they did. I’m not sure I could say the same about Dillon Dube.
Cut ties with him as soon as possible and all is forgiven. Nobody here has any clue what the Flames did or didn’t know. Nobody knows what the NHL and Hockey Canada did or did not disclose to teams during the investigation.
I think a lot of the outrage is being misdirected.
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Actually I think this is easily explained. Dube may or may not be guilty. We won't know that for a long time. Guilty until proven innocent is a bedrock of our liberal democracy and it's fair for people to withhold final judgment until a Court makes a determination. (I also think, at this point, it's fair to have a different standard of proof than a Court of law and say "where there's smoke there's fire, screw that guy", and plenty of people
are doing that.)
But the Flames' involvement doesn't have this dimension. Whether Dube is ultimately guilty or not is not the same thing as knowing that the reason for his mental health leave is that he is going to be charged with a pretty heinous crime. If the Flames knew that and put out the statement they did, there's no element of "let the Courts sort it out and I'll pass judgment after they do". If you think it's morally reprehensible for the Flames to make a mental health statement
while knowing the reason for the mental health crisis, that's everything you need to know on the subject.