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Reason: Edit : not to make light of anything. This movie is now the Disneyfied version of Matthews everyday life.
Well I assume you were taking this from a typical perspective of someone with good morals, which is nice
The part of me that has a bit less faith in people sees further emotional distress caused to a vet with PTSD (is that detail not just setting the table for a lawsuit?) at the hands of a rich millionaire, and US TV commercials encouraging people to sue everyone under the sun, and so I make a little tongue in cheek comment
Does that help you understand my comment? I have no idea what colour of text to use for you, my friend.
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I dont think its a big deal. It says it was his buildings security guard. He probably sees her when going in and out and has some limited interaction with this woman daily. It wasn't a total stranger. I'm sure while drunk he thought they had enough of a rapport that they might scare her a bit as a joke and she might find it funny. Dumb of him not to gauge other potential reactions but hes a drunk kid just out for a laugh. If he wasn't a hockey player I bet she wouldn't even report it and just would tell these drunk idiots to bugger off. It says plainly she knew who he was.
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A group of big drunken guys? I'm thinking something much worse than that if I'm a woman all alone.
Just want to say that I agree with you on how stupid and irresponsible that was from Matthews and company. However.. If that woman is working as a security guard and is a military vet, I would tend to think she is kind of expected to deal with such situations. Imagine if there was a real robbery on a property she is supposed to watch. Do you think her telling these robbers she is a WOMAN and a military vet with post traumatic disorder would cut it? Maybe she should reconsider her occupation. This is not meant in any way as a defence of Matthews, what he did was stupid. But the fact he is a well-known hockey player and she is a female security guard should not make any difference. IF you trully believe in equality.
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Just want to say that I agree with you on how stupid and irresponsible that was from Matthews and company. However.. If that woman is working as a security guard and is a military vet, I would tend to think she is kind of expected to deal with such situations. Imagine if there was a real robbery on a property she is supposed to watch. Do you think her telling these robbers she is a WOMAN and a military vet with post traumatic disorder would cut it? Maybe she should reconsider her occupation. This is not meant in any way as a defence of Matthews, what he did was stupid. But just because he is a well-known hockey player and she is a female security guard should not make any difference. IF you trully believe in equality.
Can’t thank this post enough. You said it a lot better than I would have.
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I dont think its a big deal. It says it was his buildings security guard. He probably sees her when going in and out and has some limited interaction with this woman daily. It wasn't a total stranger. I'm sure while drunk he thought they had enough of a rapport that they might scare her a bit as a joke and she might find it funny. Dumb of him not to gauge other potential reactions but hes a drunk kid just out for a laugh. If he wasn't a hockey player I bet she wouldn't even report it and just would tell these drunk idiots to bugger off. It says plainly she knew who he was.
Just want to say that I agree with you on how stupid and irresponsible that was from Matthews and company. However.. If that woman is working as a security guard and is a military vet, I would tend to think she is kind of expected to deal with such situations. Imagine if there was a real robbery on a property she is supposed to watch. Do you think her telling these robbers she is a WOMAN and a military vet with post traumatic disorder would cut it? Maybe she should reconsider her occupation. This is not meant in any way as a defence of Matthews, what he did was stupid. But the fact he is a well-known hockey player and she is a female security guard should not make any difference. IF you trully believe in equality.
We’re not here to argue whether security is an appropriate job for a vet with PTSD. There wasn’t a robbery and that’d be a completely different scenario. Sound like a red herring argument to me. No job entails being harassed by anyone.
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Just want to say that I agree with you on how stupid and irresponsible that was from Matthews and company. However.. If that woman is working as a security guard and is a military vet, I would tend to think she is kind of expected to deal with such situations. Imagine if there was a real robbery on a property she is supposed to watch. Do you think her telling these robbers she is a WOMAN and a military vet with post traumatic disorder would cut it? Maybe she should reconsider her occupation. This is not meant in any way as a defence of Matthews, what he did was stupid. But the fact he is a well-known hockey player and she is a female security guard should not make any difference. IF you trully believe in equality.
So she should have done what some other security guard world have and shot the perpetrator?
The point of her being a woman is to make clear how unfunny the "joke" is. Austin has not be charged with "being mean to a woman". If you're a larger man and you don't get spooked by a bunch of men trying to break into your car at 2am -- good on you, but it's hardly a job requirement.
Woman Murders Star NHL Player because He Touched her Car's Door Handle
You're apparently not familiar with the United States of America.
> State law affords certain self-defense protections under what's referred to as the "castle doctrine," meaning the legal occupants of a home or vehicle can legally defend themselves against an intruder if they believe to be in some amount of danger, according to attorney Russell Richelsoph, a partner at Davis Miles McGuire Gardner law firm.
Defense attorney Andrew Wenker said the law presumes a person acted reasonably if they claimed to have defended themselves or others, forcing prosecutors to prove otherwise.
"So you show a little bit of evidence that shows that you acted in self-defense," Wenker said. "The State, they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt all the elements of the crime you committed. But on top of that, they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you weren't acting (in) self-defense."