Quote Keiththered="Keiththered"You usually find that a person's true character comes out at moments of high tension. These are times when they don't have time to consider what is right or wrong or what the possible consequences are, they just do what they actually want to do.'"
I've done silly things in the past based on emotion, I've learnt from them and would never do it again. The guy has made a huge mistake, he knows it and he's admitted to it. Time will tell as to whether he's learned from it.
I see your angle though, one mistake and he should be hung, drawn and quartered, no chance redeem himself at all, just write him off for good.
I hope your kids never get in a fight at school and go OTT, by your logic they'd be complete phsyco's and should be committed with no chance of ever putting things right?
Just wind your neck in and stop with the amateur phsyco babble.