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11 kids from rugby team killed a guy in a brawl creating national outrage
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 985351" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I think rugby is one of the few sports in the world that helps make people more gentlemenly and compassionate. The coaches and administrators are all most of the time very decent people who don't condone violence. And in many situations, rugby is used as an outlet to release rage or anger in a positive manner.</p><p></p><p>Alcohol on the other hand makes people do crazy things. I think the Waterkloof-4 incident a couple of years ago is prime example of this. What happened there, was 4 schoolboys whose parents are relatively rich, went on a drinking spree, and then as they were walking down the road, they assaulted a homeless man, and then the homeless man passed away because of the injuries he sustained. All 4 of them served prison time for this, and there was an outrage from the community also blaming the sport, but more the school and the money/power influence these kids have grown accustomed to.</p><p></p><p>Abuse in prison is again part of the system, and that is universal. But that is more an issue for the justice system/correctional services and there is no clear way to make it easier on them. But then again, some say the abuse in prison is partially part of their punishment.</p><p></p><p>I also think that they didn't had the intention to kill someone, as it would then have been premeditated murder. For me this is more negligent homicide, in that they assaulted him so badly, it lead to his death, but also, the kids involved didn't/couldn't foresee that it might happen, and the alcohol is partly to blame for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 985351, member: 40658"] I think rugby is one of the few sports in the world that helps make people more gentlemenly and compassionate. The coaches and administrators are all most of the time very decent people who don't condone violence. And in many situations, rugby is used as an outlet to release rage or anger in a positive manner. Alcohol on the other hand makes people do crazy things. I think the Waterkloof-4 incident a couple of years ago is prime example of this. What happened there, was 4 schoolboys whose parents are relatively rich, went on a drinking spree, and then as they were walking down the road, they assaulted a homeless man, and then the homeless man passed away because of the injuries he sustained. All 4 of them served prison time for this, and there was an outrage from the community also blaming the sport, but more the school and the money/power influence these kids have grown accustomed to. Abuse in prison is again part of the system, and that is universal. But that is more an issue for the justice system/correctional services and there is no clear way to make it easier on them. But then again, some say the abuse in prison is partially part of their punishment. I also think that they didn't had the intention to kill someone, as it would then have been premeditated murder. For me this is more negligent homicide, in that they assaulted him so badly, it lead to his death, but also, the kids involved didn't/couldn't foresee that it might happen, and the alcohol is partly to blame for that. [/QUOTE]
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