You know, there's one thing about this whole thing that pisses me off.
What Todd Bertuzzi did was a stupid mistake, perpetrated in the heat of the moment in a sport that thrives on intensity. Nothing more. The League addressed the issue, and handed out a punishment that fit the crime. That doesn't piss me off.
What does piss me off is, even with all of that, it still does little to prevent all these people from suddenly growing a conscience, jumping on their moral high horse, and pulling their sanctimonious bandwagon. Both fans and the media alike.
I mean, I don't recall seeing either the sheer amount of news articles, nor the mountain of letters to the editor, nor the on-air shrieks to/from radio stations calling for the end to the violence after that 419 penalty minute game in Philly.
So, am I to understand that people love violence, just as long as it's not too much violence? That cheap elbow to the head that results in a concusion is okay, but that cheap punch from behind that results in a fractured neck is wrong?
I'm not saying what Bertuzzi did was okay, but for heaven's sake. Don't suddenly pretend that the violence affects you just because a lot of people are angry.
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