--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bill Coop <williamgcoop@...> wrote: > > No one's "gloaming". It's helpful to differentiate between > the easily confused identitiea and careers of John T. Farrow > and John C. Farrow, one of whom was been in the news recently. > I'm sure we all hope that the allegations, like any allegations > of this kind, are untrue.
Why would you "hope" this? Is it because you hope that the kids in question were lying? I'm with Michael Jackson on this one in pointing out the similar knee-jerk reactions of disbelief and "Sandusky is innocent until proven guilty" coming from Penn State fans and those coming from TM organization fans over this issue. I think they're motivated by exactly the same thing, and it's NOT any kind of concern for the victims of sexual abuse. What, after all, is the difference between wanting to "protect the school" and "protect the TMO?" When pro- tecting the image of an organization becomes a higher priority than protecting kids, something's WAY wrong. Prosecutors do not set bail in the amount of $800,000 without having a pretty strong case. For you to hang onto "hope" that it's NOT a strong case, and that the now-adult accusers who were molested as children are somehow lying kinda says a lot to me about your priorities.
