NoMore wrote:Thinline wrote:Krak turned things around magnificently after serving time (productively) for his sin.
Your mate needs to pick a better target.
Swan's thuggery for instance. You know, the incident for which he refused to pay his damages bill.
Now there's a farkin peckerhead who deserves a whack...
Did he really turn it things around.
Thats pretty good of him.
How do you reck the bloke who was the victim feels about that.
Do we remember Luke Adams last year the kid who got bashed at hungry jacks
We were all told by the AFL this was a disgrace and that we should feel sorry for him
Seems to me apparently we should just feel sorry for footballers because there life is so tough
You are entitled to a view, but your views are positively Irani and way out of whack with our modern system of justice.
The case went to court. Evidence was heard. A guilty verdict was handed down. Krakouer was incarcerated for a fair stretch. When he was in there he did all manner of things to make something good come out of the horror he perpetrated. He is a classic example of rehabilitative justice at work. It is simply wrong to think otherwise.
FYI the assault subject of the charge was a retaliatory attack arising out of a long standing family feud. In fact, the victim whacked Krakouer in 2001 or 2002 and knocked him cold. Krakouer, according the accepted evidence, was instantly remorseful when he attempted, regrettably, to get one back . There was also accepted evidence of domestic violence during a deprived childhood. The judge accepted that there was little chance of re-offending such was the unusualness of Krakouer's behaviour.
These are facts.
These are what determined the sentence.
Krakouer would have been in serious strife had the victim not woken from his coma, or had his ongoing symptoms been anything more than mild psychological trauma - again facts based on evidence as submitted in court after the victim was assessed by a psychiatrist. When in prison he did a tremendous amount of quality mentoring work with young indigenous inmates, and when 70% - yes 70% - of young inmates are indigenous, there is clearly work that needs doing.
As it happens Krakouer got a pretty stiff sentence all things told. And clearly he still has to tolerate the rantings of drunks at the footy. I'd suggest that's a lingering hallmark of being a jailbird. Tough titties. I don't hear him asking for anyone's sympathy by the way.
But to say what you've said simply ignores the reality of things.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
