It is extremely unfortunate and sad that Clements committed suicide. But Ravi did not plan and never imagined that it would go that far. It was a stupid move of an 18 year old to play a prank, a stupid (and cruel) prank, as he said.
Isn't it amazing that concurrently a direct murderer is walking around free on Florida? Does the justice system only know to protect the rights of the criminals even after they commit the ultimate crime - killing another human being? Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Bhuban Baruah <bbar...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > Dear Friends > > > This is from the New York Times, World Page, on India (23 03 2012): > > > -bhuban > > > > > > > > > > > March 23, 2012, 5:07 AM > Dharun Ravi Denies Anti-Gay Biam > By SRUTHI GOTTIPATI > > Matt Rainey for The New York Times > Dharun Ravi during his trial at the Middlesex County Superior Court in New > Brunswick, New Jersey, March 16, 2012. > > Dharun Ravi was found guilty on all 15 counts he was charged with, including > bias intimidation, in connection to the 2010 death of his gay former > roommate, Tyler Clementi. > Now, he’s being tried by the media and he’s been more successful. > “I wasn’t biased,” Mr. Ravi told The Star-Ledger, which scored the first > interview with him since he was convicted and painted him in a sympathetic > light. “I didn’t act out of hate and I wasn’t uncomfortable with Tyler being > gay.” > Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge days after Mr. Ravi, > using a webcam in their dorm room, spied on Mr. Clementi’s intimate encounter > with another man, and invited other students to watch. > “I’m very sorry about Tyler,” Mr. Ravi, 20, a former Rutgers University > student, told the newspaper. “I have parents and a little brother, and I can > only try to imagine how they feel. But I want the Clementis to know I had no > problem with their son. I didn’t hate Tyler and I knew he was okay with me. I > wanted to talk to his parents, but I was afraid. I didn’t know what to say.” > After Mr. Clementi found out he was spied on and wanted to transfer rooms, > Mr. Ravi says he sought to apologize for his actions. “One of the most > frustrating parts is that he never got my apology,” Mr. Ravi told The > Star-Ledger. “I texted an apology and when he didn’t answer, I e-mailed him. > I told him I didn’t want him to feel pressure to have to move and that we > could work things out.” > > Mr. Ravi confessed to being “a dumb kid” who didn’t think about the > consequences of the way he behaved with Mr. Clementi. “Looking back, I was > very self-absorbed with the whole thing. It was never, ‘What if Tyler finds > out, how’s he going to feel about it?’” said Mr. Ravi in an interview with > ABC News that will be broadcast in the United States on Friday. “I was 18, I > was stupid, I wouldn’t think about my actions beyond a m _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
