--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Oct 10, 2006, at 9:28 AM, authfriend wrote: > > <snip> > > > > And it would have been Really, Really Stupid for him to > > > > have tried to hang onto his job in the face of all the > > > > revelations (and more he must have known would be coming > > > > out). He didn't have a whole lot of choice about > > > > resigning. > > > > > > I agree, I wasn't thinking so much about resigning as about > > > what he hasn't been doing: blaming others, calling the pages > > > ugly names, etc. > > > > True, good point. He (or at least his lawyer) has been > > not just explicit but insistent that he takes all the > > responsibility himself. > > > I agree that he has stayed out of the spotlight, however regarding > taking personal responsibility, what I have heard from him was that > he wrote these IMs because: 1) He is gay, 2)He is an alcoholic 3)He > was abused by a priest when younger, which all sound like excuses > to me. In all seriousness, maybe this is what passes for taking > responsibility among our public officials these days.
Actually, I think that's what you've read or heard that he said. In fact, Foley himself hasn't said anything. His lawyer gave a press conference and said *explicitly and insistently* (as I wrote above) that Foley does NOT blame his behavior on his alcoholism or his earlier molestation, and certainly not on his homosexuality. The media has chosen to ignore this and claim instead that he *did* blame his alcoholism and abuse. (I don't think anybody has said he blames it on his homosexuality.) You can decide for yourself whether he had his lawyer mention his alcoholism, abuse, and homosexuality as excuses or as explanations (two different things), but the media should have made it clear what he actually had his lawyer say, just in simple fairness. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
