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Another image that struck me from TheBook of Daniel was the description of Pauly, Daniel’s father as he wasbeing beaten by the mob while he on the bus. I was intrigued by the fact that although the crowd wasbreaking his arm and causing other horrible injuries to him, he calmly removedhis glasses and handed them off to Mindish. I was impressed by the calmness ofhis actions for he not only handed them off but also managed to fold themclosed before doing so. I think this is a poignant example of Pauly’s innerstrength. Its almost as if his moral conviction allows him to transcend thephysical world and removes him from the pain that the mob is inflicting on him.He confronts the mob and tells the others, “we cannot permit this outrage.” (p.50) He is unafraid to place himself in grave harms way because he believes thatit is the right thing to do. I amreminded of monks in various parts of Asia who set themselves on fire inprotest or Irish inmates that went on hunger strike also in protest. These individualsalso seemed to be able to transcend their physical pain simply by the sheerconvictions of their beliefs.
I also wonder what the glassesthemselves meant to Pauly. I think they also represent his morality andDoctorow uses them to represent the purity of his belief. After he is badlybeaten and cradled in the arms of wife on the bus, Daniel remembers he liesthere broken yet looks at his son through “glasses that were unbroken.” (p.51)This seems to represent that the beating had not waivered his convictions. Hestill saw the world as he always had. Also, the eyes are often considered to bewindows to the soul and here, though his bones had been broken and his bodybadly beaten, his eyes remained untouched. Its as if his soul or spirit couldnot be broken.

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/unbroken-glasses/feed/ 0 How many lawyers does it take to keep OJ Simpson out of trouble? http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/how-many-lawyers-does-it-take-to-keep-oj-simpson-out-of-trouble/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/how-many-lawyers-does-it-take-to-keep-oj-simpson-out-of-trouble/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:03:35 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/how-many-lawyers-does-it-take-to-keep-oj-simpson-out-of-trouble/ In the least shocking news of the decade, OJ Simpson hired a new
lawyer. However, this time, it is not without a sense of irony.

OJ Simpson is currently serving nine to thirty-three years in Nevada
state prison for kidnapping and armed robbery charges. OJ’s newest
lawyer alleges that his conviction was solely due to how badly he was
represented by his last two lawyers at both the trial and appeals
level.

There is a certain peculiarity to that last sentence. Having ‘OJ’ and
‘badly represented’ in the same sentence just seems weird, doesn’t it?
OJ Simpson, of course, is famous for having possibly the most highly
publicized trial in history. Each day, the nation would stay glued to
its TV and watch a Kardashian do something that required a college
degree. Heavy hitters like Johnny Cochran captivated the nation. We
were introduced to the infamous phrase, “If the gloves don’t fit, you
must acquit.”

OJ Simpson’s defense team put on a clinic as it masterfully
circumvented a mountain of forensic evidence and managed to tastefully
discredit the LAPD in order to establish reasonable doubt. And like
that, OJ Simpson became the poster child for how big money could get
even the seemingly guiltiest of individuals an acquittal. The running
joke in the country was that everyone knew that OJ was guilty. Even OJ
seemed to get in on the joke when he published the highly distasteful
book titled “If I Did It”.

Many people who believed that OJ did, in fact, commit the murders
viewed OJ as a permanent blemish on the judicial system. Media outlets
would publish photographs of OJ Simpson laughing it up with friends on
a golf course, and many took it as an insult, as if he was scoffing at
the public at-large.

Well, for those who believe in karma, perhaps some level of justice
was achieved. After one of the most successful legal strategies in
recent memory, OJ Simpson may now be in prison for the very same
reason he allegedly evaded it the first time around: by the skill of
his legal counsel.

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/how-many-lawyers-does-it-take-to-keep-oj-simpson-out-of-trouble/feed/ 0 The Same-Sex Marriage Tight Rope http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope-2/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope-2/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:57:35 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope-2/ President Obama made headlines last week when he appeared on ABC News
and declared that he believed that same-sex couples should be allowed
to get married. Newsweek quickly donned President Obama ‘The First Gay
President’ and The New Yorker ran a cover with White House columns
transformed into the colors of the gay pride flag. Much was made about
this single statement – to wit, the first of its kind by a sitting
president – endorsing same-sex marriage.

But what really was said?

The text of the statement by President Obama was as follows: “I’ve
just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go
ahead and affirm that same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
No one is going to discount the potential positive ramifications this
statement could have on today’s youth, LGBT community at large, and
the inspirational feelings that this statement may engender from
people of all political and social backgrounds. But, beyond that,
beyond this statement’s ability to be uplifting and inspirational, it
really doesn’t mean much.

In the statement, itself, President Obama uses his words very
carefully. The term ‘personally’ appears once and the phrase ‘for me’
appears twice. President Obama is careful to delineate this statement
as a personally held belief rather than a legislative or legal
campaign policy. Given the possibility that President Obama could have
just come out and said, “I support same-sex marriage,” the words he
chose to use instead become crucial to understand the meaning and
motivations of the phrase. The fact that such a deliberate effort was
made to demarcate this phrase as ‘personal’, made its extension into
other arenas (legal policy debates, moral arguments, etc.) that much
harder.

Politically – or more accurately, financially – President Obama had
all the reasons in the world to make such a statement. There have been
recent reports that ‘gay money’ has taken over for ‘Wall Street money’
in the political funding arena. President Obama has been especially
hit hard by the financial sector since the stalling of the economy and
Mitt Romney is swooping in to pick up the pieces. Reports from the
Center for Responsive Politics show that in the fourth quarter of
2011, Mitt Romney received $1.49 million in Wall Street money compared
to just $127,000 for Barack Obama, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

It is significant to note, then, that after President Obama’s
statement to ABC News, he went off to visit the Hollywood house of
George Clooney for a lavish fundraiser the very next night. Hollywood,
of course, generally is known to be very much pro-gay rights. At this
fundraiser, the President was heard touting his statements from the
day before, saying “Obviously, yesterday we made some news…” and went
on to talk about his vision for equality for the country and how it
differed from Mitt Romney’s. The fundraiser netted President Obama
$15 million.

Given the strongly touted vision of equality, one might expect that
President Obama to have put some force behind his words. To do so,
however, could be politically dangerous as same-sex marriage is still
a highly divisive issue and creating an agenda in either direction
would possibly cost a substantial number of votes.

Thus far, the President’s policy-oriented words and actions on the
issue have been rather tepid, if not anemic. When asked about his
administration’s policy on same-sex marriage, President Obama said
that marriage had historically “not been a federal issue.” In
reference to the thirty states that now ban same-sex marriage,
President Obama called the debate at the state-level a “healthy
process.” Asked if he would ask the Justice Department to fight the
state laws, President Obama answered instead that he “helped to
prompt” the Department to abandon its defense of the Defense of
Marriage Act, the federal act restricting same-sex marriage, as his
administration views it “as a violation of the Equal Protection
clause.” Even after evading the state-wide question, “helping to
prompt” is still a rather weak-footed response, considering the praise
and laudatory cheers he is getting for his single statement.

There is no taking away from the impact of President Obama’s statement
as inspirational and uplifting. But with suggestions of a moral
crusade tempered by a new ‘gay money’ fundraising effort and
suggestions of a legal crusade diminished by President Obama’s words
and actions on the issue, it is difficult to extend the impact of
President Obama’s statement beyond anything but a personal viewpoint
and possibly a shrewd political maneuver.

By RG

]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope-2/feed/ 0 The Same-Sex Marriage Tight Rope http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:40:43 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/16/the-same-sex-marriage-tight-rope/feed/ 0 Your Account Update http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/your-account-update/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/your-account-update/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 20:51:23 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/your-account-update/ Dear fordham Customer
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]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/your-account-update/feed/ 0 Crimes Against Football http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/crimes-against-football/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/crimes-against-football/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:33:32 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/crimes-against-football/                 The biggest story of this NFL offseason has been
“BountyGate”. An NFL investigation revealed that from 2009 to 2011,
the New Orleans Saints and coaches operated a fund that paid out
bounties for hits that injured opposing players, even if they were
illegal hits. Several couches were suspended; the defensive
coordinator who created and headed the program was suspended
indefinitely, and the head coach of the team is suspended for one
year. The overall initial reaction of players around the league and
the media was that the penalties were harsh, but understandable in
order to protect the integrity of the league and the safety of
players. The coaches were the ones in charge, and it was their
responsibility to stop things like this from happening, not to start
them.

                After further investigating the scandal, the NFL also
decided to suspend 4 players. The most notable suspension was handed
down to Jonathan Vilma, the defensive captain of the team for 2010 and
2011; he was suspended for the entire 2012 season. These suspensions
caused a huge uproar from many players and members of the media. As I
watched SportsCenter that afternoon, the most common defense of the
players that I heard was “they’re just players, they’re just like
soldiers, they’re just taking orders.” This is a common defense of
soldiers, but it is one that is not and should not be accepted
anymore.

                Even for soldiers and NFL players, the concept of what
is right and what is wrong should trump doing what you are told. This
is what morality really is; morality is doing what is right regardless
of what you are told. There is a parallel between BountyGate and the
suspensions of these players and the Holocaust and the Nuremburg
Trials of Nazis after WWII. In the Nuremburg Trials, Nazis were put on
trial for the newly created crime, “Crimes Against Humanity.” These
players were suspend for “Conduct Detrimental to the NFL,” which is
essentially “Crimes Against Football.” Many Nazis on trial used that
same excuse, “I’m just a soldier, I was just taking orders.” From that
point on, the world made it be known that saying you were just taking
orders would no longer be acceptable; doing what is right trumps doing
what you are told. The players that were suspended deserved to be
suspended. Putting the safety of other players in jeopardy should
never be accepted in the NFL. When evidence came to light that
Jonathan Vilma personally offered $10,000 on multiple occasions for
knocking the opponent out during playoff games, the NFL had no choice
but to suspend him for the entire 2012 season. The NFL needed to take
a stand and tell the whole league that endangering the health of other
players, this crime against football, will not be tolerated.

- S. S.

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]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/15/proofpoint-4/feed/ 0 I think you should see this. http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/12/i-think-you-should-see-this/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/12/i-think-you-should-see-this/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 12:13:34 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/12/i-think-you-should-see-this/ Hi Counsel,

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]]> http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/12/i-think-you-should-see-this/feed/ 0 Book of Daniel, the courts, and funeral homes http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/11/book-of-daniel-the-courts-and-funeral-homes-2/ http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/11/book-of-daniel-the-courts-and-funeral-homes-2/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:56:40 +0000 admin http://www.forumonlawcultureandsociety.org/blog/2012/05/11/book-of-daniel-the-courts-and-funeral-homes-2/ Meagan Gorton
While reading The Book of Daniel I was struck by onof Daniel’s descriptions of his adoptive parents. He talks about how civilityis important to them, that it is the essence of being human. (p.27) Mr. Lewin is chastisingDaniel for being nasty to Dr. Duberstein and they expect Daniel toapologize. What I find interestingis that although Daniel is going through an emotional ordeal, he is expected toremain polite and respectful. There are societal rules he must follow and thereis no room to express what he is actually feeling. He cannot lash out for this would be rude, even though hissister has recently tried to kill herself. He must maintain his poker face even though he may be ingreat emotional pain.
Ican’t help but think how this is similar to the court of law. In this venue,public decorum and civility are paramount and loud displays of emotion areabsolutely not tolerated. Forexample, defendants are removed if they cannot “control” themselves. Yet thisis a highly emotionally charged arena. People on trial may be fighting fortheir very lives. Victims may have suffered great harms and must face thecriminals who traumatized them. Family members watch helplessly as their lovedone’s fate remains undecided. Yet it is “order in the court” that must bekept. As in Daniel’s situation,there is no room for emotional outbursts. Feelings must be kept under wraps forthe proceedings must go forward unhindered and unadulterated by personalsentiments.
Couldthe legal system be modified to allow some expression of emotion? Its doubtfulthat things will change and this may not simply be due to the fact that thecourts are cold. In America, society as a whole seems to be uncomfortable withpublic expressions of pain. For example, consider our behaviour in places ofintense grief, the funeral home. Here people are dealing with some of thegreatest loss we can experience in life and yet they are often incrediblequiet. That is the proper way to show respect. We must keep the stiff upper lipeven as we say goodbye loved ones. It is not that the funeral home has officers that enforce this quietpolicy, but rather, the participants themselves that keep each other incheck. It seems that publicdisplays of pain make us uncomfortable. We do not know how to deal with someoneovercome with grief so we expect them to deny their feelings and actappropriately. It seems that until we make room for each other to express feelingsin public we cannot expect the courts to change,

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