Benoit strangled wife, smothered son

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Did any of the owners of the WWE make Benoit kill his family?
Did the WWE make him take steroids, which may have contributed to it?


If a McDonalds employee kills his/her family, because they dyed their hair, and hate their new appearance, but dying their hair was the only way to ensure a job at the top, that is not the fault of the company they worked for.

I'm not placing BLAME, Benoit is wholly to blame, but instead asociated responsibility. When a drunk driver kills himself and a family in an accident, its not the government's fault... but it is their job to do everything to help keep that from happening again. Companies, like the government, have responsibility for the well being of their constituents and also those that they might hurt.

If a company knowingly hired drug addicts, and the addicts then killed a bunch of people, the company would hold some responsibility for enabling that addict and their destructive behavior. WWE is not taking that responsibility for the well being of their workers and danger they pose to themselves and others, the government must make them take responsibility, just as they do for construction and other labor intensive vocations (OSHA, for instance).

I really don't see why wrestling should be treated any differently when it comes to safety.