Wow, we are good at blaming other people.<\/p>\n
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Witness…<\/p>\n
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Celebrity news outlet, TMZ, is reporting that the first lawsuit is being crafted in the Aurora movie massacre.\u00a0 It is being filed by Torrence Brown, a man who was in the theater but was not physically hurt, although a good friend was shot and killed. Brown now claims to suffer from extreme trauma.<\/p>\n
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So given his situation, he\u2019s suing James Holmes, the shooter, correct?<\/p>\n
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Of course not.<\/p>\n
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According to TMZ and Brown\u2019s attorney, Donald Karpel, Brown is targeting the following 3 entities or people:<\/p>\n
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\u201cSomebody has to be responsible…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I can\u2019t shake that line.\u00a0 While \u201csomeone is<\/em><\/strong> responsible,\u201d that person\u2019s name is James Holmes.\u00a0 Granted, James Holmes doesn\u2019t possess near the bank accounts of the theater, doctors, and Warner Bros.\u00a0 While certainly the question of what each could have done differently would be prudent, holding them responsible seems financially expedient.\u00a0 They are easy to blame.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also, last week we witnessed Penn State receive sanctions for the sexual abuse scandal involving assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky.\u00a0 Sandusky was found guilty of 45 charges of child abuse over a 15 year span.\u00a0 In an independent report, members of the university\u2019s administration and athletic department were found to be negligent; they were not involved in the abuse, but the tough questions are what did they know and what then, did they do with that information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSomebody has to be responsible…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Penn State certainly should have reported what they knew when they knew it to law enforcement authorities.\u00a0 There should exist a harsh consequence for that negligience.\u00a0 Yet one of the penalties levied against the Penn State football program is the decision to vacate 112 of the team’s wins over the past 14 years.\u00a0 In other words, all the victories on the grid iron during the time something should have been reported no longer exist. \u00a0Also, vacating those wins means extracting them from not only head coach, Joe Paterno, but also from the 85 other innocent collegians who potentially played their hearts out that day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Again, \u201csomeone is<\/em><\/strong> responsible\u201d; that person\u2019s name is Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky\u2019s perverse activity gave Penn State no competitive advantage on the football field.\u00a0 What he did was horrific, but it didn\u2019t influence the outcome of the game.\u00a0 However…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSomebody has to be responsible…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We tend to place blame where it\u2019s easiest…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n … on those who can\u2019t defend themselves…<\/p>\n … on those who are financially expedient…<\/p>\n … on those who\u2019ve gone before us…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If we can hold someone responsible \u2014 regardless as to if<\/em><\/strong> they are the person responsible \u2014 sometimes it makes us feel better; sometimes is also adds to the foolishness involved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully,<\/p>\n AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wow, we are good at blaming other people. Witness… Celebrity news outlet, TMZ, is reporting that the first lawsuit is being crafted in the Aurora movie massacre.\u00a0 It is being filed by Torrence Brown, a man who was in the theater but was not physically hurt, although a good friend was shot and … <\/p>\n