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England cricketer Ben Stokes charged with affray
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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 102052" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Yes - like you I've mixed feelings about this one. If it's true, it does put quite a different light on it all and make the people on the receiving end far less sympathetic. And it does make it seem that Stokes was well-intentioned.</p><p></p><p>As you said though, it's difficult to feel ok about the violence. And assuming the story is true, the cynical side of me would <em>still</em> have to wonder if Stokes's motive for getting involved was entirely altruistic or if he was just another thug looking for a scrap after a night on the booze.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is part of the reason I question if the homophobia angle is true. So far as I can see the only time it's been mentioned was when the two guys sold their story to The Sun. All the other news stories about it cite The Sun's story as the source, but the original story now appears to have been taken down from the Sun's website.</p><p></p><p>The two guys don't appear to have any reason to lie about it, but unless there's a legal reason I find it odd that this aspect hasn't been mentioned in any official news report relating to the charges against Stokes and his court appearances. And there's been a lot of press coverage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 102052, member: 23"] Yes - like you I've mixed feelings about this one. If it's true, it does put quite a different light on it all and make the people on the receiving end far less sympathetic. And it does make it seem that Stokes was well-intentioned. As you said though, it's difficult to feel ok about the violence. And assuming the story is true, the cynical side of me would [I]still[/I] have to wonder if Stokes's motive for getting involved was entirely altruistic or if he was just another thug looking for a scrap after a night on the booze. This is part of the reason I question if the homophobia angle is true. So far as I can see the only time it's been mentioned was when the two guys sold their story to The Sun. All the other news stories about it cite The Sun's story as the source, but the original story now appears to have been taken down from the Sun's website. The two guys don't appear to have any reason to lie about it, but unless there's a legal reason I find it odd that this aspect hasn't been mentioned in any official news report relating to the charges against Stokes and his court appearances. And there's been a lot of press coverage. [/QUOTE]
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