Figgy44
A toast of purple gato for the memories
- Dec 15, 2014
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I didn't do what he did, but I did some stuff that I'm embarrassed and ashamed of. And can honestly chalk them up to as being a "stupid kid who didn't know any better"....because that's the truth. Children aren't mentally equipped to feel the same level of empathy as adults can. Most kids don't understand the impacts of what they are doing to others. It's a fact.
Sure. But You keep talking about half the facts. That's why people are arguing with you because you use half fact and half theory, when we have two pieces of fact.
I never even heard of anyone at my high school giving or receiving a swirly. Maybe you saw more stuff than I did since you were probably in high school significantly longer than I was.
I'm mid 30s. When I was a kid, swirly were on their way out (suspend-able offense). Wedgie and Melvins were the thing at that time.
In that same vein, spitballs were on their way out as well and paper wedges fired from an elastic replaced them. I was on the sending and receiving end of getting a paper wedge shot into the eye. Ultimately, those got banned from school as well (suspend-able offense). This was no different than snow balls being banned as well.
I hate sjws too, but i also hate assholes and idiots. This kid is both an asshole and an idiot. I wouldn't employ him that is for certain.
This reminds me of the ending scene of Team America where he talks about effing and pooping.

What? How could you forget the tipping point?!
I seriously have no idea what this refers to and I don't know if it's a Lizzie McGuire or Hillary Duff reference...
You honestly dont see a distinction between going after someone for their actions when they were a child vs actions by an adult?
I cannot speak on behalf of that other poster, but we do have facts on the Miller case.
In 2016, his hollow apology was rejected by the victim and the magistrate (judge?). At that time, along the taunting, there seemed to be no remorse.
In 2020, he sent all the NHL teams a letter discussing the 2016 lawsuit and claimed he had changed for the better and had issued an apology to the victim. Bill Armstrong referenced this letter in the defense of drafting Miller. The victim's mother then came out of the wood work to address Armstrong's comment (likely because they had kinda been referenced) and mentioned that Miller had continued taunting her son even after the successful lawsuit against him and had never directly apologized for what he had done other than the rejected court required apology.
I agree with what you are saying. 14 year olds can be horrifically stupid and aren't past redemption and perhaps shouldn't live with dumb things they did for the rest of their lives if they have reformed and changed for the better. I think you agree with this fact.
The problem is that you then go off on a theoretical on what Miller is like now. There are already public facts of what he is like right now. Theoretical is incorrect in this case. That's why many are jumping down your throat. Your point has merit if we don't know anything, but unfortunately, we do know, and we know quite a bit from several different independent point of views.
The fact is, that rather than properly apologize and reform his poor act, 4 years later, there's new evidence that he has doubled, tripled, quadrupled down and spending excessive effort on minimizing the act, claim it was a one off (even though it was over 4-6 years), try to change others perception of him to reduce the inconvenience on his life etc. rather than the simple and proper act of owning up and apologizing to the victim directly. It is as if he and his family are deliberately refusing to apologize directly. This is why most posters are absolutely against him.
Although conjecture, the victim being petty and trying to ruin his life makes no sense. The victim accepted and forgave the other bully.
This evidence leads everyone to understand that the 14 year old stuff is irrelevant if at the age of 18, he has shown that he has not learned a single thing at the age of 14. For whatever reason he and his camp are spending excessive time to reduce the inconvenience on his life rather than the much shorter and simpler act of directly apologizing to the victim which is a new level of low.