In a circus, everyone plays a part. Even the audience.
Tom Waits
Sportsnet – Oilers sign Alex Formenton to one-year contract
All generalizations are false, including this one.
Mark Twain
Phil has a question:
Isn’t it ironic that so many people jump on either side’s bandwagon without admitting that everything’s so complicated.
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
William Blake
Sarah Schmidt – The Real Story Behind She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
She cites the example of Pamela Des Barres, who slept with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Jim Morrison and numerous others, and wrote five books about her experiences – an updated version of the most famous, I’m With the Band, is being published in April.
“Her idea is that the groupie is the muse,” Hill says. “The way that she talks about sex with musicians as being about getting close to the music is really powerful. When you start to think about music and sex in those terms, it changes your idea of what it means to be a groupie. I’m talking about consensual sex, but some people think it’s never a free choice because of all the expectations. I think both of these things are true at the same time – and that makes it really complicated.”
Phil has a question:
Who created the Puck Bunny culture mentality: the women chasing the players offering up their bodies for their few minutes of fame or the players for accepting.
[627] Consent can be communicated by conduct and by words. In this case, I find that E.M. by her words was expressing her willingness to engage in sexual activity. When Mr. Formenton stepped forward, he was prepared to engage in sexual activity with the complainant but did not want to do so in front of other men. I accept his evidence that it was a mutual decision to go to the bathroom. It is consistent with the evidence of all witnesses that the complainant got up after Mr. Formenton approached and they walked to the bathroom.
[628] For all of these reasons, including the concerns in relation to the reliability and the credibility of the evidence of E.M., I am not satisfied that the Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the complainant did not consent to engage in sexual activity with Alexander Formenton.
[629] I must also consider whether I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that there was not an absence of consent because that consent was vitiated by fear. I do not find it necessary to repeat my reasons set out above on this issue. Those reasons apply equally to the sexual activity with Mr. Formenton.
[630] I am not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the complainant participated in the sexual activity with Mr. Formenton because she had a reasonably held fear of harm if she did not.
[631]
Accordingly, Mr. Formenton will be found not guilty of count #4.
How many of the people generalizing about Formenton’s behaviour have actually read Justice Maria V. Carroccia’s Judgment in HIS MAJESTY THE KING – and – MICHAEL McLEOD, CARTER JOHN HART, ALEXANDER FORMENTON, DILLON DUBÉ & CALLAN HAYDEN FOOTE
Phil has a question:
Did Alex Formenton exercise good judgment in these circumstances.
Should Alex Formenton’s lack of good judgment keep him off the Oilers’ roster and out of the NHL.
Are all of the persons casting stones at Alex Formenton free from sin.
If you don’t give people a second chance how can you ever have rehabilitation.
TSN – Oilers sign F Formenton to one-year, $850K deal
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
Mae West
A 6’9″ stud from Duke, Boozer arrived in the NBA as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ second-round pick. After playing in his first pro game in Sacramento, he was surprised by the presence of a lot of women in the lobby of the hotel they were staying in. He was even more surprised when his phone rang, since he didn’t know anyone in the area.
SportsNet – Golden Knights sign goaltender Carter Hart to PTO
TSN – McLeod signs three-year deal in KHL
Phil has a question:
When will the mothers of the world start to take the responsibility for their creating the misogynists.
Phil has a question:
What about the psychology of morals and ethics.
HockeyFeed – Chris Gosselin – Golden Knights throw out reporter over Carter Hart questions!
We are writing as loyal season ticket members to make one point absolutely clear: if this team signs Michael McLeod, we will not renew our season tickets. Like any Caniac, we want the Cup — but not at the expense of the morals, principles, and reputation of this franchise. Signing him would send an irreversible message — that women’s safety, girlhood, and dignity do not matter to the Front Office, coaching staff, or players who would share the ice with him.
NHL Trade Rumours – Hurricanes Fans Threaten to Cancel Tickets if Hart or McLeod Signed
Phil has a question:
What kind of a fucking two faced fucking hypocrite is that fucking woman when she wants to hold 18 year old hockey players to higher moral standards than the racist, misogynist, sexual predator convicted felon that their state voted for in the last US presidential election.
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Mark Twain
What find of a message did the women of North Carolina send about women’s safety, girlhood and dignity when they sent a misogynist, sexual predator convicted felon to the Oval Office.
TSN – Hart considering Golden Knights, Hurricanes as NHL return nears
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor, a perfect horse never made a horseman.
Cowboy Wisdom
Phil has a question:
Does Rob Brind’Amour still follow the Hounds of Notre Dame Code.
Are the Hurricanes still in on McLeod.
Is McLeod still in on the Hurricanes.
There have for some time been rumours and speculation that Hart will join the Oilers: the team is desperate for a goalie, and it’s historically been hard to convince players to move to Alberta. Is that the nice story then? That in some months, if Carney, who was once a goalie himself, joins the Edmonton Oilers for another practice, rooting for the Stanley Cup to come home to a Canadian team where it belongs, he’ll be taking shots on one Carter Hart?
The Walrus – Ariella Garmaise – What Was Left Unsaid in the Hockey Canada Trial
SportsNet – CP – Lawyer: NHL teams to weigh talent against backlash after five players reinstated
TSN – NHL announces five players found not guilty in London hockey trial suspended until Dec. 1
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Cowboy Wisdom
SportsNet – Bill Daly: NHL expects decision on Hockey Canada five in ‘near future’
Phil has a question:
With the London 5 being found not criminally guilty, will the NHL apply the same stiff penalties that Logan Mailloux faced.
TSN – Rick Westhead – Crown elects not to appeal acquittals in London hockey trial
TSN – Rick Westhead – Players acquitted of all charges at London hockey trial
Phil has a question:
Why does it feel like everyone is a loser.
What ever happened to the parties who failed to provide proper guidance for those players that night.
If the players were the same colour as Evander Kane would the London police have investigated differently.
“They’d face a lot more scrutiny from the Canadian public,” he said. “I think they probably could play again. And especially if you consider that the vast majority of the NHL is in the United States, there’s a pretty significant cultural shift going on down there where the rights of women are under attack.”
TSN – NHL says five players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible to play
SportsNet – NHL says players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible for return while under review
It was a circus almost from the start.
National Post – Jane Sims – All five players acquitted in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
Having found that I cannot rely upon the evidence from E.M. and considering the evidence in this trial as a whole, I conclude that the crown cannot meet its onus on any of the counts before me,” Carroccia said.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Phil has a question:
After the verdict did the players and their lawyers head over to Jacks for a celebratory drink.
Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most often not to the law, but to the facts. In countless litigations, the law Is so clear that judges have no discretion.
Benjamin N. Cardozo
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!
William Shakespeare
SportsNet – Paul D. Grant – All five hockey players found not guilty in London sexual assault trial
In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.
Hunter S. Thompson
TSN – Players acquitted of all charges at London hockey trial
To look is one thing. To see is another.
Hunter S. Thompson
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.
Erica Jong
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood The White House. Canada gets a Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
Phil M. Stockmen update
Phil has a question:
Why isn’t the judicial system in Canada selling tickets to this circus to help defray the costs of this and other trials.
Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.
P. T. Barnum
TSN – CP – Judge set to deliver ruling Thursday after turbulent London Hockey Trial
CBC – Karen Pauls – For some, it’s #MeToo vs. #HimToo at the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
If you’re upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.
RuPaul
Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn’t Get Sued
The development came a day after Carroccia was handed a note from a juror after the morning recess. In the absence of the jury, the judge read the note aloud.
“Multiple jury members feel we are being judged and made fun of by lawyers [Daniel] Brown and Hilary Dudding,” the note said. “Every day when we enter the courtroom they observe us, whisper to each other and turn to each other and laugh as if they are discussing our appearance. This is unprofessional and unacceptable.”
TSN – Rick Westhead – Judge discharges jury at London hockey trial
Phil has a question:
If the London V are found not guilty would you want any of them on your city’s hockey team.
Jurors were dismissed after one submitted a note to the judge on Thursday saying some members felt lawyers for the defence of one of the accused were making fun of them when they were walking in.
SportsNet – Paul D. Grant – Judge dismisses jury in hockey sexual assault trial
If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If the law is on your side, pound the law. If neither the facts nor the law are on your side, pound the table.
Lawyers Wisdom
Hockey Canada’s Issues Go Beyond A Few Bad Apples – The Entire System Needs To Be Re-engineered
Phil M. Stockmen
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