Well that's my overarching point, he can't just say shit like that an not expect people to fill in the blanks. That's not taking any responsibility for anything that happened, and as you point out, it could mean anything.
But if we can't believe he's innocent based of what we know, why should we be OK with him coming back?
I think the problem people constantly trot out the "innocent until proven guilty" line as to why he should be allowed back and when challenged on that we get the immediate contradiction of "no one's saying he's innocent". Doesn't make any sense to me. Just willful ignorance.
I'm not saying you should be OK with him returning or trying to change your mind. Even if he was found innocent I'm sure people would still have reasons to be opposed to his return which is understandable.
I think all of us can speculate on the blanks as we've been doing but there's a difference between speculating and beng certain of your convictions. The latter I don't think you can do in good faith while there's so much we don't know.
I get your last paragraph as there are some people who want to put their position out there and not explain it or just speak about it from a footballing perspective while ignoring the sensitivity surrounding it. Ignorance is bliss to some I guess too. If you do a MBTI personality assessment one of the 4 main areas is around decision making and if you're more a thinker or a feeler. Those who are a "thinker" often make decisions based on logic, evidence and rational compared to a feeler making decisions based more on emotions, feelings and following their heart. These differences in personality and thinking likely account for a lot of the differences of opinions too as we all process it differently.
I think how people engage makes a difference too as people can become quite defensive if they feel they're being attacked. Luck
Doesn't mean I'm in anyway confident I'm listening to an attempted rape. But I don't think the recording is faked.
I think this is a reasonable post. Wrong use of the word impartial, but excusable. Some good points. I haven’t thought all that much about this topic, but there are some odd angles to it.
Yeah I think I got a bit mixed up with my words. Thanks though.
Had some good discussion out of it too when I expected more hostility. Pleasantly surprised by that in a good way.
He's starting tonight at home to Granada. For anyone following his games.