Quote ="vbfg"You know that thing where people on the internet think they have a point to make?
He punched a man unconscious on the floor. What he knew about the degree of damage he'd already done is irrelevant, as it would be if he was stood in front of a judge after punching an unconscious prone man on the floor. Having put him on the floor he removed any notion of self defence when he continued to attack him. Twice.
Surprised to see anything but utter condemnation for his actions this deep into the thread.
I'd have no problem at all with it if he goes to jail - a less hyperbolic statement than saying it's okay because you've heard of ten year olds also being told to knock the opposition out.'"
Maybe I'm older than you, but do you never remember as a kid being told to (for example) 'knock his block off"? (e.g. How to respond if a bully hit you). It's not what is usually said nowadays, but it often was back then. My point about it is that no kid, *literally* took such advice to mean 'hit that person so hard that his head literally leaves his body'. Taking the words literally, 'knock his block off' is a pretty harsh instruction! In fact it's technically worse than 'knock people out' if you take it ABSOLUTELY LITERALLY, with no context whatsoever. In the same way, none of the Wigan players took Wane's comments to mean "go and punch someone unconcious". As every single pundit on radio 5 to tonight agreed, that sort of comment goes on in many many dressing rooms. Not all, but many. If you, quite rightly, argue that 'knock his block off' in the 'olden days' doesn't actually mean exactly what it lierally says, then maybe you could consider the possiblity that Wane wasn't actually instructing his players to punch people unconcious.
