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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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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Lindsay A. Huntoon
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