{"id":6391,"date":"2016-07-07T06:15:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T10:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2016-07-07T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T10:46:26","slug":"email-analogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=6391","title":{"rendered":"email analogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Dare we wade into much rhetorically wrangled waters, allow me to humbly attempt to address the following\u2026)<\/em><\/p>\n

On Tuesday FBI Director James Comey announced that they would not be recommending criminal charges against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. According to Comey \u2014 who is widely respected on all sides of the political aisle \u2014 Clinton\u2019s activities were not criminal; they were, however, \u201cextremely careless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reason, no less, for my trepidatious step into this topic is because Hillary Clinton is one of those \u201chear-and-proclaim-what-you-want\u201d kind of topics\u2026 For those who think she is as awful and evil as a radical Islamic terrorist, they will proclaim the vicious villain again escaped just consequence\u2026 For those who think she is as wonderful and selfless as Mother Theresa, they will proclaim the suffering public servant never meant any wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recognizing that compromise is not always wisest nor accurate \u2014 knowing, for example, that you can\u2019t split a baby in half \u2014 allow me five takeaways\u2026<\/p>\n

#1 \u2014 Too much money was spent on this investigation. (Sadly, too much money is spent all the time in Washington.)<\/em><\/p>\n

#2 \u2014 This was political. On all sides. For those who both fiercely support or oppose Clinton, politics is in play. I don\u2019t, though, believe we can ascertain that statement about Dir. Comey. That cannot be known for certain from each of our limited vantage points.<\/p>\n

#3 \u2014 Hillary Clinton is not guilty, but she is also not innocent. Comey contradicted her repeated claims that none of the emails were classified at the time she saw them. Clinton did not always tell the truth.<\/p>\n

#4 \u2014 Intent is always difficult to measure; it\u2019s so subjective, and none of us are in the head of another. Hence, an accurate assessment of Clinton\u2019s utmost intent most likely parallels where she falls on one\u2019s individually assessed, \u201cvicious villain to suffering servant\u201d spectrum.<\/p>\n

I realize the above are challenging, given the volatility and lack of objectivity on this lightning-rod-like topic. Let me add, though, #5, my final, albeit still many-won\u2019t-like-it analogy. Follow, my analogy from \u201cMarch Madness\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

In March of each year, even the non-fanatical fan hangs out in front of their big screen TV to watch one of the year\u2019s purest sporting events. We fill out our brackets, choose our upsets, and soon wad up the remnants as one by one, our selections succumb to the conference powerhouses and surprisingly mighty underdogs. It\u2019s college basketball\u2019s year end tournament: the annual national championship. Everyone\u2019s watching and paying attention!<\/p>\n

Near the end of many of these key games, there seems a desire to let the game play itself out. While a game might be closely refereed throughout most of the contest, as a tight game ekes into it\u2019s closing seconds \u2014 with the game and fame totally\u00a0on the line \u2014 the refs have a tendency to let the players play. They want this game to be won or lost based on actual play \u2014 not on some controversial, perceived to be major or minor development \u2014 even though the development is real.<\/p>\n

The main player drives hard down the lane, attempting to score, and there\u2019s clearly, distinct physical contact \u2014 it\u2019s a foul. But what do the refs do? Do they call the foul? Do they blow the whistle on something that everyone knows is not right, but they know will totally disrupt the flow of the game?<\/p>\n

The refs often\u2026 let it go.<\/em> The assessment of how bad the foul actually is then depends on who each fan was rooting for\u2026<\/p>\n

Half cry out, \u201cAre you blind?? That\u2019s egregious! That\u2019s a foul!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The other half confidently adds, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that bad. Everybody does it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In other words, the \u201cno call\u201d ensures the end result is not significantly influenced by the referee.<\/p>\n

(Note:\u00a0they do call it \u201cmadness\u201d for a reason.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Respectfully\u2026
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Dare we wade into much rhetorically wrangled waters, allow me to humbly attempt to address the following\u2026) On Tuesday FBI Director James Comey announced that they would not be recommending criminal charges against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. According to Comey \u2014 who is widely respected on all sides of the political aisle \u2014 Clinton\u2019s activities … <\/p>\n

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