It saddens me greatly that a battle which should be a court battle re: what happened and when and how guilty Jian Ghomeshi is is being fought in the court of public opinion. In the court of public opinion, no one is a winner. I dont blame any of the individual parties for this, i.e. I do not blame any of the women involved and I do not blame Ghomeshi. I blame the CBC for their boggling of this entire situation. They turned Ghomeshi into a victim by firing him instead of putting him on paid leave pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against him. Airing testimony that would best be heard in a court of law before a judge and jury with lawyers to question and cross-examine seems less of a method of getting the truth out there and more of an attempt to use the women to cover their own executive asses for their bungling of the whole issue. Right now, if and when said criminal proceedings commence, which one of us in all of Canada is going to be qualified to be an unbiased juror in this case? The vast majority of people have probably either sided with one side or the other. I do not believe that Ghomeshi is automatically innocent because he is a great radio host; far from it. I do believe that he has the right to a trial, however, and if he is convicted and goes to jail, he deserves that as well. The way this is all playing out in the court of public opinion, however, is poisonous. For Gods sake, bring charges against Ghomeshi and get the lawyers to start building the case; perhaps one of the things you could seek is that if Ghomeshi is successful in his suit against the CBC, that 90% - 100% of the cash awarded him is used as a fund for the protection of women in violent relationships ... pay for hotels for a woman fleeing an abusive partner in the middle of the night or whenever; for that matter, it could be made gender unbiased as there actually are some men who might feel the need to flee their partner --- male or female --- in the middle of the night or whenever. Shelters could be funded; education programs could be put in place. What is the GOOD that we can take away from this very public fiasco?
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:52:03 +0000
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