tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post981579954537473886..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Fred Friendly Roundtablekcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59548649380216957722007-09-28T17:52:00.000-04:002007-09-28T17:52:00.000-04:00Given the way America's civil tort system distribu...Given the way America's civil tort system distributes liability, suspension of even accused students might be considered a mandatory liability-limiting manoeuvre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-58373987274145306112007-09-28T16:58:00.000-04:002007-09-28T16:58:00.000-04:00I don't think suspending students charged with fel...I don't think suspending students charged with felonies is particularly controversial. Going on record to trash their reputations, telling a public audience "whatever they did is bad enough", <I>that's</I> controversial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8472533257942820142007-09-28T15:54:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:54:00.000-04:00Jack Ford (as moderator); seems to be treating sus...<I>Jack Ford (as moderator); seems to be treating suspension of students charged with felonies as among the more controversial elements of the case-</I><BR/><BR/>He probably thinks the accused were 3 black football players. I wonder if someone whould tell him the truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49478082563884739902007-09-28T15:12:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:12:00.000-04:00Nifong certainly got way ahead of the case. His se...Nifong certainly got way ahead of the case. His seventy plus interviews thre fuel on the existing fire that the NO and Sheehan ignited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48038031187772123062007-09-28T14:36:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:36:00.000-04:00Within a very short period of time, after the alle...Within a very short period of time, after the allegations were made many non-media, non-academic common sense people had applied the "smell test", and this case failed. <BR/><BR/>By the second week of April 2006, it is clear that the media was not going to dig too deep into why a bunch of upper middle class, white suburban college kids were apparently getting screwed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61016545563706246932007-09-28T13:35:00.000-04:002007-09-28T13:35:00.000-04:00KCI knew Fred Friendly, and I thought he was very ...KC<BR/><BR/>I knew Fred Friendly, and I thought he was very PC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-49349323727208402402007-09-28T13:13:00.000-04:002007-09-28T13:13:00.000-04:00What are "community rights"? Does she mean public...What are "community rights"? Does she mean public safety concerns? The word "rights" should be reserved for a description of those rights enumerated in the constitution of the US and the individual states, MOO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com