Klarinet Archive - Posting 001007.txt from 1999/10

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: playing the Clarinet from behind the student
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 01:42:01 -0400

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Tony Pay wrote:

> You say that if I explain to the student what I want to do (and why)
> and give him/her the free option to decline, and then on the student's
> acceptance do exactly what I said I would do;
>
> then the fact that I had explained my intent, in front of others, and
> moreover explained that it was 'innocent' in the sense that the
> described action to him/her was done for the reason I stated and no
> other, and that the student had accepted that, would have no bearing
> on my culpability if he/she subsequently decided to change her mind,
> and then interpreted his/her acceptance of the contact as being the
> result of threat, pressure or harrassement?

While I must emphasize that I am not a lawyer nor am I a reliable source
of legal advice, I think your explanation above of the hypothetical case
pretty much summarizes the situation as it exists today in the US.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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