tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post2471548363485906012..comments2023-04-14T06:55:12.586-04:00Comments on Georgetown College Dems Blog: Hate by ExampleGUCD_Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15079690058422947230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-58258320603414069172007-10-23T20:21:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:21:00.000-04:00I can understand how this post could be read in a ...I can understand how this post could be read in a condemning light. Granted, that would be an unfair and unjust article. However, I intended only to mention the accused by name as background information. Regardless of the perpetrator's identity, the victim identified him/her as a Georgetown student. The purpose of this post was to attack the appalling situation and its greater implications, nationally and locally in our university. I won't apologize for that, but I do understand how this can be misread a conviction. <BR/>Consider reading the post while omitting Cooney's name- the sentiment would still be the same. It's not a hate crime to attack hate.Laura Umbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189893827873116402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-28390975323711796512007-10-23T15:26:00.000-04:002007-10-23T15:26:00.000-04:00I'm sitting here in the Midwest reading about this...I'm sitting here in the Midwest reading about this assault, and thinking that a democrat is guilty of a hate crime against the son of a republican appointee. Yes, you "only" mentioned that the supposed perpetrator was "charged," but you also maligned him as guilty through his association with his father, whom you also maligned, through your assumption of his guilt. <BR/>There are always two sides to every story, and unfortunately, personality assassination has become a popular hate-sport in politics.... as well as in the media - before the innocent are proven guilty.<BR/>Imagine if you were accused, out of the blue, of a crime you hadn't committed, and your name were smeared all over the press. A nightmare of gargantuan proportions. <BR/>GraceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-7758642626486434132007-10-21T22:58:00.000-04:002007-10-21T22:58:00.000-04:00I don't want to instigate an argument, but in my d...I don't want to instigate an argument, but in my defense, I only mentioned that he was "charged" with the crime. That is purely factual information.Laura Umbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10189893827873116402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-20889925508169873112007-10-20T01:54:00.000-04:002007-10-20T01:54:00.000-04:00She mentioned his name once, as part of telling th...She mentioned his name once, as part of telling the full story of what has occurred in this saga. I hardly think that constitutes "conviction", belief of guilt, influencing others to believe in guilt.<BR/><BR/>The fact remains that the perpetrator <I>was</I> a Georgetown student. Regardless of who in particular committed the crime, that is what is disturbing about this case. Cooney is irrelevant.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176798271396380505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13465421.post-43432817077983503632007-10-07T09:47:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:47:00.000-04:00INNOCENT BEFORE PROVEN GUILTY Has it ever occurre...INNOCENT BEFORE PROVEN GUILTY Has it ever occurred to you that there is ABSOLUTELY no JUSTICE for the innocently accused. Don't let the media and hearsay convict this guy....let a judge or a jury of his peers do that job. There are NO winners here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com