08-06-2003, 03:55 PM
Hi,
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You did, indeed make the statements you claim. And Arutha was indeed wrong to include mention of you in his reply. But, other than that, I agree with him completely. His reply was prompted by pakman's poorly thought out statement: "I think we should just hold the Prison Championships. Every player in the NBA is some kind of convicted criminal. Kobe used to be one of the only ones without a tainted name, that's over. Kobe Bean Bryant is guilty."
We have indeed become a society where an accusation is as good as a sentence. Scarcely a week goes by that we don't hear of a teacher *accused* of impropriety being relieved of his/her job. But do we hear of the investigation, the finding that that person was innocent and that the charges were spiteful? No. And does that person ever get their job back -- not likely. They have been tried, convicted, and condemned to a lifetime of ostracism by the (fill in a long string of expletives) media and the ignorance of those that follow it. The same can be said of parents in child abuse and molestation cases. And of a number of other cases.
The accusation of someone, the more visible the better, is "news" (or rather the crap gossip that passes for news). The vindication of that person isn't, and since there is always someone else to screw, why should Fox, CNN, etc. waste valuable air time with "truth" when all they give a damn about is sensationalism -- because their audience is incapable of understanding anything higher.
So, indeed, take out two words ("and occi's") from Arutha's post, and read it as a reply to pakman, and see if you do not indeed agree with him.
--Pete
Perhaps you are not viewing this forum in threaded mode and missed an important link in this conversation.
You did, indeed make the statements you claim. And Arutha was indeed wrong to include mention of you in his reply. But, other than that, I agree with him completely. His reply was prompted by pakman's poorly thought out statement: "I think we should just hold the Prison Championships. Every player in the NBA is some kind of convicted criminal. Kobe used to be one of the only ones without a tainted name, that's over. Kobe Bean Bryant is guilty."
We have indeed become a society where an accusation is as good as a sentence. Scarcely a week goes by that we don't hear of a teacher *accused* of impropriety being relieved of his/her job. But do we hear of the investigation, the finding that that person was innocent and that the charges were spiteful? No. And does that person ever get their job back -- not likely. They have been tried, convicted, and condemned to a lifetime of ostracism by the (fill in a long string of expletives) media and the ignorance of those that follow it. The same can be said of parents in child abuse and molestation cases. And of a number of other cases.
The accusation of someone, the more visible the better, is "news" (or rather the crap gossip that passes for news). The vindication of that person isn't, and since there is always someone else to screw, why should Fox, CNN, etc. waste valuable air time with "truth" when all they give a damn about is sensationalism -- because their audience is incapable of understanding anything higher.
So, indeed, take out two words ("and occi's") from Arutha's post, and read it as a reply to pakman, and see if you do not indeed agree with him.
--Pete
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