This sort of crap will continue and get worse due to the way in which people can throw out the race card, mental illness, alcohol dependence and whatever else they can bring to the table as an excuse for their poor behaviour. And that is what it is, an excuse not a reason.....
I see it at school every day where kids are pandered to, they escape punishment and are treated with kid gloves due to " poor upbringing" or "unfortunate circumstances".Sound familiar??
They are allowed to wander the playground because they don't want to be in class and they cop a suspension for violent behaviour which does nothing to deter them...after all they get a holiday from school.No lessons learned and no real price paid...what hope do they have in later life it is considered normal now for them?What they see and do now is what they take into adulthood and what they then pass on to their children.She'll be right mate, do as you ,like because in the end you won't really get any appropriate punishment....
It is more than time that people take responsibility for their own actions and accept blame for their wrong doings. A typical 'oh poor me' is all that is offered instead. I fear for his kids if his behaviour in the video is any indication of the way he conducts himself out of the spotlight.
His father did not help the situation and it makes me think that this type of behaviour demonstrated by Barba in the public arena as well as in private runs in the family.
The NRL played a dangerous game in giving him chance after chance, excusing him for his poor choices, but in saying that his partner too takes some responsibility due to her reluctance to press charges and her recklessness in staying with him. How many times now has he been under scrutiny for domestic violence and its associated problems, yet because he has/had talent and offered clubs something in his playing style it has been brushed.
Well ,now he has had a day in court for the incident relating to alleged assault of partner in a public place...150 hours community service. He could not even get that right with missing attendance on the correct day.
It is a sad situation and one that shows he needs help, positive help, real help...not the generally considered pity help so often given today. Spare the rod and spoil the child, is an often used phrase and suits this situation pretty much. Get him help and make him take it or else give him some time away to consider his outlook on life. Don't leave it until something far worse happens to him or another person.
The other question that needs answering is just why did he mention the rape allegations against police? What did that have to do with anything?Why did he not understand that people make these complaints anonymously, so quite frankly, the police called to the home would not know who placed the call to them. The only one who would know that was the dispatcher taking the call.
It was one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen and heard.
