Think back, for a moment, to all the things that got you in trouble as a kid in grade school.
Sure, there were things that got you busted at home too, but school was the place that posted a list of dos and don'ts, gave you a gold star for good behavior, a check mark on the board for bad behavior and a hierarchy of consequences for breaking the rules.
Again, thinking back, which do you think would get you in deeper trouble: calling someone a name, or physically attacking someone?
While neither are appropriate classroom behavior, clearly, one would have drawn a stiffer penalty than the other.
So, imagine if a school suspended one student for pushing a classmate to the ground, and expelled another for calling someone a "poo-poo face."
There would be no shortage of eyebrows raised at this apparent mismatch of crime and punishment.
If you're not clear on where I'm going with this, let me edify you with one phrase - "sloppy-seconds."
Two years ago, Sean Avery, then with the Dallas Stars, used this term to describe an ex-girlfriend.
Avery said this in a locker room, after practice.
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