Bravo to both of you - I couldn't have put it better myself.
Nonni Daly wrote:
> Very, very, very well said, Jim. I'm tired of the "Trial by
> Newsprint" as much as you are ... been there, seen that, and after the
> _whole_ story comes out -- does anyone ever say "Ooooops!!" Nope!
> And, another kid gets ruined by irresponsible media who need to "hype"
> everything to make it into print.
> Interesting that a couple of the students on campus who posted
> to one of the Forums in response to the newspaper article said, "How
> was SHE dressed? Did she ASK for it?" and one of those posing the
> questions was a female student. Let's try for facts before condemning
> anyone in these days of media overkill?
> Thanks, Jim for posting with reason.
> Nonni
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> Don't want to think I could go to another life where there are no horses!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* james acheson <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:22 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Another suspension based on alleged touching
>
> not to defend and real wrongdoing, but read and reread
> the report.
>
> He has been suspended for alleged touching. This is
> Napoleonic law, unfortunately. Maybe this is how
> things have to be up there, but I can tell you I am
> really happy that in the real world there are 3 huge
> differences.
> 1. I get punished after I am proven guilty, not when
> accused. And my punishment when I am proven guilty is
> doubled because someone else did the same sort of
> thing last year, I am judged on what I did.
> 2. Grabbing a breast in a nighttclub as a man passes a
> woman is a face slap offense, or a punch in the mouth,
> and the police are not called.
> 3. Last, in the real world, newspapers that print this
> sort of BS just to increase circulation when they know
> that publication of such stories will ruin a kid's
> carreer are pretty trashy rags, other papers show
> restraint.
>
> I know of an NHL all star who used to get caught with
> young (legal age) men out in public on a fairly
> regular basis... The Boson police would tell this guy
> to take it somewhere else and NOT arrest him not
> because he was a star, but because that they knew that
> the punishment would grossly outweigh the offense.
> The Briins would ditch him and nobody would ever pick
> him up. I also know a reporter at a Boston newspaper
> who said that he would never publish these stories
> even though he knew of the offenses and where and when
> to go to get photographs. He said that as long as
> they were consenting adults, he would not just ruin
> this guy's NHL career.
>
> Can the BDN show a little bit or restraint???
> Do I have to read it every time Derek Damon misses a
> philosopy class?
> Did the BDN HAVE to publish all of the unsubstantiated
> reports surrounding the Mike Hamilton and posse
> incident??? If you remember the story printed, it
> sounded like Hammy rounded up 11 hockey players and
> drove over the the house of the guy who stole his
> girlfriend to have all of his friends kick the guy's
> head in.
> The BDN NEVER printed a retraction or an apology when
> the facts came to light that Mike was invited to the
> apartment which was in the same complex as where he
> and the posse were already hanging out, outdoors.
> They did not print that when Hammy walked up the
> walkway, he was met at the door by the "victim"
> wielding a baseball bat and threatening him. They
> also did not print that the 4 guys who were arrested
> for criminal trespass were simply standing on a
> sidewalk outside the door to the apt, in a perfectly
> legal place to be.
>
> Until I know the facts, I am not going to condemn
> Tanner House... It is often difficult to imagine how a
> guy who was summonsed (NOT ARRESTED) for such unlawful
> offensive touching could be innocent, but just ask
> yourself if that was the girl he had been with the
> night before, or if he and she had been dirty dancing
> for a while prior to the offense...
> A lot of things are possible, let's stand behind him
> when he needs it, ok?
>
> Jim the lawyer, who really hates it when people are
> tried and convicted in the media.
>
>
> --- William <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> > In what has become a seemingly annual occurence,
> > another UMaine hockey player has been suspended.
> > Shocking.
> >
> > Seriously, when will this end? Unbelievable.
> >
> > ORONO, Maine (AP) â?" A University of Maine hockey
> > player has been suspended following an incident in
> > which he was accused of grabbing a womanâ?Ts breast.
> > Police say 21-year-old Tanner House was charged with
> > unlawful sexual touching and assault following the
> > incident early Sunday at a lounge near campus.
> > House, whoâ?Ts from Alberta, Canada, has played in
> > all seven of Maineâ?Ts hockey games this season and
> > has one goal and one assist. A university spokesman
> > says heâ?Ts suspended indefinitely until Athletic
> > Director Blake James can review all the facts.
> > Last month, UMaine President Robert Kennedy doubled
> > penalties for student-athletes who violate their
> > code of conduct. All told, at least 15 different
> > student-athletes and three coaches have faced legal
> > trouble since last spring.
> >
>
>
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