ESPN reports today that Andriuskevicius will not press charges against his attacker because Ares, the Greek God of Bloodlust, will handle the situation for him:
"It's not going to help me anyway," Andriuskevicius said, according to the Tribune. "Ares is going to take care of it."Maybe he isn't fully recovered from that punch. What does he think Ares is going to do, send a vulture after the guy?
Oh wait, I got my deities mixed up. He actually said that "God is going to take care of it." Clearly this is a much more reasonable thing to say. Declining to involve the police because you believe that Ares will avenge you is bat-shit crazy, but believing that the God of Abraham is going to settle scores in a life-after-death is perfectly fucking normal.
Imaginary friends aside, young Martynas says the reason he doesn't want to press charges is because he won't benefit from them. What about the rest of us? I want him to press charges. I don't want thugs like Awvee Storey to be able to criminally attack people without facing legal consequences.
Perhaps the kid is worried that he'd be violating some implied locker room code where you don't betray your teammates no matter what. I'd somewhat understand if that was a reason (and in that case this rant would be about how stupid such a culture value is), but he didn't say he was worried that pressing charges would reflect negatively on him, he just said there's nothing in it for him.
What about the satisfaction of doing the right thing? Of standing up for yourself against a fucking asshole who attacked you when your back was turned? What about providing a high-profile example to deter future sports-related assaults? What about justice? Maybe we should disband all police forces and the entire criminal justice system, since today's fashionable deity is going to take care of everything.
Nope, there's nothing in it for Martynas and Ares will take care of it. What a selfish prick.
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