Klarinet Archive - Posting 001019.txt from 1999/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: RE: [kl] re: playing the Clarinet from behind the student
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:49:13 -0500

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 10:43:11 -0800, kevinfay@-----.com said:

> Bill Hausmann opined re sexual harassment in schools:
>
> <<<The problem is not the law, it's the LAWYERS!>>>
>
> Golly, this is a bit wrongheaded. (Not just because I'm a lawyer--I'm
> not THAT kind of lawyer.) We lawyers are quite used to getting
> bashed; the primary reason, as it turns out, is that if you have a
> social problem, people end up calling us. In droves.

You've said that before.

> No, I'm afraid that the problem in the psycho-sexual area is a bunch of
> teachers that can't seem to keep their clothes on.

These people have always been there, as a proportion of the population.
It's how we deal with it that's the problem.

And the problem is one of generalisation. Just because some people who
'touch other people' are perceived as 'damaging', *all* people who
'touch other people' are perceived as 'potentially damaging'.

The lawyers exacerbate that, because, due to their efforts, the class
'damaging' is smaller than the class 'plausibly indictable as damaging'.

So you can't claim innocence, lawyers.

Tony
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