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Originally Posted by Rhett44
This thread sure took a turn.
Who really knows what happened that night. None of us were there.
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Well, actually, we do know, and in uncomfortably explicit description as well.
What the court had to do was take that information and determine if what happened that night was legally right or wrong, which it did.
I didn't use the word justice as regardless of the outcome, justice was never truly going to be done. Not for EM, not for the players, not for the court of public opinion.
There was always going to be a moral component to the situation, with people on either side, from a few fairly extreme opinions on either end, to most others in the mushy middle that lean one way or the other. I certainly lean towards the belief that what occurred that night was morally not ok, with the onus on the group of young men/boys who perpetuated it to not have done so, legal or not.
However, as some others have pointed out, I do think there needs to be more pressure and spotlight on the leaders, namely Hockey Canada, to do better in order to put these young men/boys in positions to succeed. I understand they're 17, 18, but set curfews, ensure they remain sober, impress on them that it is not only their on-ice talents that matter. Do something to help these young men/boys become the influences and leaders you want them to be.
IMO, if that can happen, not necessarily justice, but hopefully some positive can come from this.