National Rugby League: forgiving your violence against women because you "deserve a second chance"

[kiwiana]

MORE than seven years after committing a "disgusting and abhorrent" crime that appeared to have ended a career that showed its promise when he became the Warriors' youngest ever first-grade player, Shaun Metcalf has been given a second chance.

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[roseofjuly]

Note to the mods is noted.

[madeline_may]

these were two young people... she got pregnant, he was way out of his depth, and he did a really cruel and dumb thing.

Gotta love the way this is phrased, am I right? Putting the 'she got pregnant' first like he wasn't involved in that part at ALL. No, no, SHE got pregnant and he was just so confused and scared and out of his depth that his poor lil fists just lost control!

[columbasimplex]

And the parallel construction that suggests that a young woman's unintended pregnancy is the logical gender equivalent to kicking that woman in the stomach to bring an end to that pregnancy." As if becoming pregnant (and yes, apparently without any assistance from that poor "out of his depth" father at all) is a "cruel and dumb thing" ON PAR with becoming pregnant. Unbelievable.

[be_themoon]

I hate so much of the phrasing here and the attitudes of the people saying he's perfectly fine, but I do believe in rehabilitation. Hmm.

[midoskeek]

That part made my jaw drop...

[sandvich]

[inkedfeathers]

Ugh.

[sandvich]

I cannot fucking deal with people who commit these kinds of horrible crimes and are then allowed to continue (or enter) lucrative, high-profile careers with no professional reprecussions. Like, I am almost crying with anger right now.

The phrasing in the article is not helping.

[burningmarl]

Same :(

[sweetgingertea]

I agree.