GIGST said
Your comment is awaiting moderation. | Today This article is the biggest load of one-eyed claptrap I’ve ever heard, and many of the responses occupy the same vein. To compare a D&D incident (misdemeanour) with a cocaine offense (Still a criminal act in some states) is ridiculous! Those of you who would take a drug abuser over a drunk are idiots.
I’m not attempting to excuse what Scott Fava has done, or to explain it away, minimize it by comparing it to Wendell’s offenses or diminish it’s importance. The fact is, we Force fans are just as disappointed by his actions as the rest of the rugby public, but seriously, he was punished within the guidelines of the team for his first alcohol offense (warning) was punished to the maximum extent of the teams guidelines for his second alcohol offense (banned from playing a match and stripped of the vice captaincy), let’s not forget that this offense was blowing .004 above the posted limit and this offense sees him attract the maximum allowable fine under the ARU collective bargaining agreement. at which point does anybody think that he has escaped punishment?
Sure, I’m surprised he still has a job, as are many in the rugby community over here, but there is just a chance that he will be rehabilitated as a result of this bit of leniency. I can tell you in no uncertain terms, the boy has been getting a roasting in the media over here, and he is definitely being made to suffer for his actions. do you think this is pleasant for him. As for his admission of guilt, I only heard him admit in the press conference to picking up the quokka and ‘returning it to the ground clumsily’ since he was intoxicated. Believe me, if the WA police and the Rottnest Island Authority had video evidence of an admission (which they could have got by taping any of the news stations) he would be charged under several state laws, not least of which would be animal cruelty.
I think Scotty has a job, not because the Force are covering up anything, but because they only have evidence that he was careless rather than cruel, and might I remind you that evidence is required before any conviction can be recorded. So you lot need to grow up and stop printing fiction!