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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:53 PM Original message |
Duke (finally) apologizes to Lacrosse players for throwing them to the wolves |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hope they sue Duke's ass off |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I understand there's already been a settlement. Details undisclosed. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Probably one requirement was a public apology, to |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. Right. But only with the three who were indicted. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. There is one other student who had a settlement. |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Unfortunately it won't come out of the hide of those who convicted them |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I think the DA might still be sued. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I guess better late than never |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. And the condemning section of the faculty -- the group of 88 -- |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh, I know |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The "88" explicitly said: "We reject all attempts to try the case outside the courts and stand |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. They paid lip service to the presumption of innocence in the midst |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. You're not linking to the actual ad: you're linking to a misrepresentation of it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. That was an exact quotation from the original ad, and you know that. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. the ad from the group of 88 didn't claim the lacrosse players were guilty |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hogwash. The ad applauded the potbangers, |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. students have a right to make their voices heard |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. The students who were quoted in the ad were quoted anonymously. |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Fuck the Gang of 88 and their politics |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. that's a well-reasoned argument |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Where's the link the the actual ad? This isn't it. n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. OK: here's the full text of the "88" ad, which clearly aimed at dialog about race and sex on campus |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Regarding the gang of 88 I have but one question................ |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Horseshit: they ran an ad asking people to think about racism and sexism on campus |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I've read the ad |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I've posted the text of the ad upthread for anyone interested in what it really says |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. No, they thanked students for not waiting to "make their voices heard" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. If the students had actually been physically threatened by anyone, they could have filed |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. The students were threatened by strangers carrying signs calling |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I would be interested if you can provide a reputable news source for the claim |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Here is one of the best sources, and a far better source than the NYTimes |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
83. I asked for a reputable news-source: you provided a rightwing blog |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. The professor is a left-wing Democrat supporting Obama. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I can't find any evidence of his contributions to Democratic campaigns |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Here are photos. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. 1. This doesn't establish anything about Johnson's political affiliation |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. 2. Where did the photo come from? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #97 |
149. I think you got her there. This photo obviously is photo shopped. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. I asked for specifics about where and when the photo was taken, about who took it, and who was in it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. He has declared himself to be a Democrat. Since when do you have to give money |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #101 |
123. Johnson's stuff is published in National Review, Weekly Standard, FrontPageMag, NY Sun and other |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. He publishes widely in publications both on the left and the right. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. The rightwing media outlets I just mentioned don't publish material from folk who disagree with them |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. He is a person who believes that academic freedom should apply |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #133 |
147. He has been a regular columnist for Horowitz's FrontPageMag & pushes their dishonest propaganda line |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. Why don't you give specifics of what he says that you disagree with? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #152 |
157. At this point, I've thoroughly debunked your claim Johnson is a "leftwing Democrat" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. And you'll keep telling yourself that, but you're wrong. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #158 |
168. See my #165 below, for example (link to post in text) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. I find no evidence whatsoever supporting your claim that Johnson is a "leftwing Democrat" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. So you think Johnson is lying about being a progressive and a Democrat? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #132 |
148. I consider quite a lot of Johnson's rhetoric dishonest |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #148 |
153. It seems to me that you are making a lot of assumptions about him |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #153 |
159. Can't support your claim that Johnson is a "leftwing Democrat," eh? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. What difference does it make whether he's a leftwing Democrat, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #160 |
163. Here he supports a CUNY trustee because opponents of the trustee supported the Oaxaca teachers |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Here he is calling Lynne Stewart a "terrorist" during her trial |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #160 |
165. Here he and his coauthors explicitly identify him as a rightwinger: |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #160 |
166. Conclusion: When Johnson calls himself a "centrist Democrat" he's full of shit |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Would you consider photos of the demonstrators carrying the sign |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. A supposed photo by itself is meaningless, especially in the age of photoshopping. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Oh boo-hoo. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. So here's my question: this is reported as fact more than a year after the events BUT |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Not contemporary enough for you? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Yes: an Apr 2007 report is not a contemporary account of events in Mar or Apr 2006 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. How convenient for you, since the local newspapers |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Such as: Police arrived at quiet house (N&O Mar 2006)? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. All the links I've been following are dead. You found a live one. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
124. I find live links by the hundreds. What I don't find is an answer to my question. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #124 |
167. Maybe you should try harder. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. Prof. K.C. Johnson is a professor of history who |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
78. The "Horsheshit" was that ad |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. LOL! Think of all the DU'ers who were outraged and condemned those students. As liberals |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. I wondered about this in a post further down the page... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I'm glad you've stuck around. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. thank you |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. A day late and a dollar short, my friends. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. If I were a parent at the school, or an alumna, I would have been furious. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I agree 100%. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Can you believe how many Dems were ready to toss that principle aside? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Schools should wait until players are convicted (if at all) before canceling the season |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I don't think they should have suspended the students either. n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Many universities suspend students following a criminal indictment: otherwise, they are vulnerable |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. At the time of THESE indictments, it was already known that no DNA from |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Universities typically won't try to out-guess the legal system in such cases -- and if you think |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. What I don't understand is why the Duke administration |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
128. Oh poor them. They missed a lacrosse season. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #128 |
134. It must be great to feel so confident that you or your loved ones |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I've seen much, much worse in terms of miscarriages of justice |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. They were facing 30 years in prison and the only reason they were vindicated |
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Bubba HoHoHo Tep (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #138 |
155. My first post |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Insincere, this should have happened the day they were cleared. nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, I assumed they had. I could understand a lawsuit here. nt |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hopefully this whole situation will prompt a lot of reflection |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. As a result of neighborhood complaints, Duke had just purchased 610 N. Buchanan |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Of course the Administration should have been worried. That's not the issue. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Athletics Director Joe Alleva March 28, 2006: "In a meeting this morning, our student-athletes |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. He's lying. n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. THAT response, coming without the slightest evidence, tells me enough about who you are. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. I'm someone more informed than you are, since you were obviously |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Search the archives: I never expressed any opinion about the guilt or innocence |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. All of your posts in this thread have been about defending the |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. defending professors against baseless accusations is hardly the same as |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #92 |
102. I'm criticizing the professors for what was said in that poster. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. you're criticizing professors for condemning the players in the ad, when in fact they didn't n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. They applauded the pot bangers for condemning the students, |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. applauding students for making their voices heard is not the same as condemning others n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Holding up signs that say "Time to Confess" and "Castrate" is condemning. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #113 |
114. there are no such signs in the ad from the group of 88 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Nobody ever said they were stupid. n/t |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. but people (such as you) have said they said things they didn't say, which is ironic, given |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. I think Prof. Gustafson explains well the problem with the 88's statement. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #117 |
118. While Gustafson makes some interesting points, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Houston Baker was one of the 88, and he wrote his own letter. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Houston Baker's own words are different from the group of 88 |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Duke Is Now Singing the Hit Country Song: "Stand By Your Thugs" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. And what song are you singing? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Wow, That's a Really Racist Comment, pnwmom |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Oh yeah, right. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #79 |
121. Well Then, What Was Your Intention |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. I think she was referring to the slang use of the term "railroading" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Thank you petronius. That's exactly what I was referring to. n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Out of Dozens of "Railroad" Songs You Chose a Song Associated With Black Slaves |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Your response made no sense to me, since I associated the song with the Irish. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. What Do Those Illinois Schools Teach? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Face it -- your gotcha moment fell flat. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. ;) |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #146 |
161. No, she's right, it did fall flat. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. they were not innocent choir boys |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Could describe any university in the USA |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It correctly adds context to the environment at Duke n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:52 PM Original message |
No, those statements were typical of those that poisoned the atmosphere |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. self-delete (dupe) |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Neither was I in my early 20's. So what? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Obviously, if you're not an innocent choirboy |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Since when do you have to be innocent choirboys to deserve |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
120. Do you mean the accuser that had memory lapses after DEATH THREATS? n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
135. You must be taking about another case. I'm talking about the accuser |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
82. It's okay, though. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. Well, wasn't that big of them. I'd love to know how much |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I hope they get nothing out of the people who wrote the letter |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Thank you! I've enjoyed it so far. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. I wonder how many DUers |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I've noticed in those kind of cases, a lot of people immediately |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. My impression was that the majority of DUers felt that way, at least |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
112. Guilty until proven innocent. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. It is reasonable to ask what form that support should have taken. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. The Duke President gave an example in his apology. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
88. We are far, far from knowing the truth of this case -- |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #88 |
111. Only if you purposely insulate yourself from exposure to the facts of the |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. ugh |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Starting with you, I would say. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Not in this case, because both are true. No rape occurred |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. The hospital records -- doctor and nurse -- indicate sexual assault --- |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:51 AM Response to Reply #90 |
104. I am glad that you said that because it is true and relevant. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Haven't you read the state's final report? There was NO medical evidence |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #90 |
105. That's a lie. I'll assume you're just misinformed. All that the hospital |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
103. Right. And OJ didn't kill his wife if you read the attorney's report. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. This is the report from the top prosecutor, not the defense. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Why don't you explain it to us. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
126. Forgive me if I'm not too sympathetic towards these lacrosse players |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Oops. For some curious reason, they haven't listened to you. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. So they should have expected that a prosecutor would try to railroad them? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
139. You know what your argument reminds me of? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #139 |
142. That's exactly it, LoZoccolo. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #142 |
169. what I can't figure out .... |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-04-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. I would think that all U. S. Amercians should have an interest... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-03-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #139 |
162. There's something we can agree on. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #126 |
150. Umm, it's a legal business activity. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #150 |
154. The Puritans around here seem to forget that. n/t |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
156. I suppose if she truly was rape then you wouldn't have sympathy for her either?? |
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