[Vision2020] Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet

Fri Sep 19 20:57:45 PDT 2014

Yep. Predictable and SNAFU. Campuses, NFL, corporations----all about CYA, not about responsibility or accountability, or cultures of violence, misogyny, and entitlement.........
Drebi R-S
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott Dredge 
  To: deb ; Paul Rumelhart ; Tom Hansen 
  Cc: viz 
  Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 7:42 PM
  Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet

  Problem solved.  The NFL has ordered all personal to undergo 'abuse awareness training'.  Similar to large corporations, the purpose of these types of training exercises is to absolve the NFL of all future domestic violence perpetrated by its employees.

  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11551674/nfl-orders-domestic-abuse-awareness-training

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  From: debismith at moscow.com
  To: paul.rumelhart at gmail.com; thansen at moscow.com
  Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:02:55 -0700
  CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet

  I don't give a damn about the NFL, but knowing they have ignored this in their midst for a very long time grits my teeth. I want law enforcement to arrest and prosecute these out of control testosterone driven maniacs, but I want the NFL to step up and take some responsibility for covering it up in the name of profits.....just an idealist, I suppose.
  Debi R-S
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Paul Rumelhart 
    To: Tom Hansen 
    Cc: viz 
    Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 9:32 AM
    Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Calvin Trillin, Deadline Poet

    Just out of curiosity, am I the only one who doesn't give a damn what the NFL decides to do about domestic abuse?  I'm more interested in what law enforcement does about it.

    On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:16 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

      Mr. Dredge stated:

      "On this note, the player's union is claiming that the elevator video provided a graphic account of what happened, but no new evidence."

      What more evidence do you need, Mr. Dredge?  The second video (publicly released over a week ago) clearly shows Ray Rice knocking his wife to the floor of the elevator and dragging her limp, unconscious body out of the elevator.

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      Mr. Dredge continues . . .

      "Thus, the additional penalty of a ban from the NFL leveled against Ray Rice amounts to double jeopardy."

      How is this considered double jeopardy?  If I committed a crime (say . . . assault) and I was fired from my job, would it be wrong to also be criminally charged for that assault?

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      Mr. Dredge suggests . . .

      "In retrospect, the NFL should have probably dealt with domestic about long ago since it's not exactly a new thing."

      As more and more cases of domestic violence in the NFL is uncovered (instances involving 5 players identified in the past week) it is becoming painfully clear that this has been going on for quite some time.  

      Why hasn't something been done about it earlier, you ask?  The NFL is, in itself, a billion dollar industry.  The NFL is also tax-exempt.  Cute, huh?  Simple logic suggests that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (who is under pressure to resign by several NFL teams that are under pressure by their sponsors) would hate to see these instances of domestic violence go public, as they may result in a major drop in ticket and product sales.

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      Mr. Dredge concludes with . . .

      "Pictures of OJ's battered wife were released about 20 years ago."

      O.J. Simpson was tried.  I may not agree with the acquittal(s), but he WAS tried.

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      Tom Hansen
      Moscow, Idaho

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      If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

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      On Sep 18, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:

        On this note, the player's union is claiming that the elevator video provided a graphic account of what happened, but no new evidence.  Thus, the additional penalty of a ban from the NFL leveled against Ray Rice amounts to double jeopardy.  In retrospect, the NFL should have probably dealt with domestic about long ago since it's not exactly a new thing.  Pictures of OJ's battered wife were released about 20 years ago.

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