saintunspecified
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That's a very popular, and very incorrect take. We live in a time where many people believe that people with whom they identify shouldn't face harsh consequences for their actions, while people with whom they don't identify should face harsh consequences.
In a world in which people care about common justice, the issue of whether a player doing something like this gets a medal wouldn't even be an issue, because the notion that he might would make everyone feel embarrassed. Not getting a medal would be a fitting consequence, and it is hardly an unlimited or permanent consequence. There actually being a consequence sets the stage for redemption, as opposed to having a player having to deal with a undefined & potentially unlimited shame.
We live in a brief part of time where we want declare people either good or bad. Bad people, we have decided, don't deserve anything but negative consequences, forever and always.
That's a very popular, and very incorrect take. We live in a time where many people believe that people with whom they identify shouldn't face harsh consequences for their actions, while people with whom they don't identify should face harsh consequences.
In a world in which people care about common justice, the issue of whether a player doing something like this gets a medal wouldn't even be an issue, because the notion that he might would make everyone feel embarrassed. Not getting a medal would be a fitting consequence, and it is hardly an unlimited or permanent consequence. There actually being a consequence sets the stage for redemption, as opposed to having a player having to deal with a undefined & potentially unlimited shame.