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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5060880, member: 966"]
I didn’t make any assumptions about you. I asked one question/wondered how you would react in a separate scenario based on your assertions here—I drew no conclusions. Just wanted to know how you could rationalize your perspectives in another situation.

Re: penalties and now you’re using the word suspensions—any quick google search shows that clearly penalties and punishments of all types are designed to and/or incidentally have a deterrent effect. It’s silly to suggest otherwise. Whether we’re talking about a parent giving a kid a ‘timeout,’ a cop giving a driver a speeding ticket, or a judge sentencing a criminal—‘half’ of the purpose is to deter that person from doing it again, others from doing it once, and the other half is to protect the rest of us. Actual ‘punishment’ is the lessor feature. Punishment is vindictive, not constructive.

Not sure what you mean about something happening on the field. It’s sports. Okay…. What? You introduced the term morality. Which is different from game-related rules I was discussing. We have a weird communications disconnect, with your shifting lexicon….
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