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History as a weapon; the case 100 years from now...
Topic Started: Oct 19 2010, 09:35 AM (176 Views)
Quasimodo

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http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/2008/11/odds-ends.html

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Odds & Ends

The Durham “grassroots” has also made its return, this time in the form of Fahim Knight, “chief researcher for the “Keeping It Real Think Tank.” (The think tank’s mission: “to inform African Americans and all people of good will of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpret the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world.”)


In a recent post, Knight brought his . . . unusual . . . analytical tools to the lacrosse case. How and why were charges dismissed? Due to the machinations of . . . Duke! That, of course, is the same Duke that reached a settlement with the falsely accused players and is currently facing massive civil rights lawsuits for violating the unindicted players’ rights. But, in the world according to Knight, Duke was actually rigging the case in the players’ behavior.

["Sometimes a university has to suffer for the good of the students"--Robert K. Steel, UPI, revised edition of 2048]


Nifong, of course, is a victim in this version of reality: “Duke University used its enormous influence and power to punish District Attorney Michael Nifong and to set an example for other ambitious adversaries who might consider in the future of contesting Duke’s power. Nifong has been character assassinated [sic] and has been publicly ridiculed for daring to come up against this historical great tobacco rich and aristocratic dynastic family institution. The North Carolina Bar Association, which is controlled by Duke(!) eventually disbarred Nifong stripping him of his law license and ability to earn money.”


And what of the false accuser, Crystal Mangum? Knight writes, “This writer also believes the victim [sic] Crystal Mangum who resides down the street from where I live, and I believe she was also paid off by Duke. Duke in one sense made her to go away. She has recently published her memoirs [en]titled, “The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story” and willing [sic] to bet you she has been very selective at the advisement of her attorneys[?] about how far she was going to go with telling the story because I am quite sure she had signed a clause with Duke University forbidding her of speaking or writing the truth.”


Unclear is exactly what Duke paid for. While Mangum never told the same story twice, she did claim to prosecutors that she had been attacked (while, as a reminder, she was levitating in midair, and shortly after she had spent seven minutes chatting with her father while simultaneously performing an exotic dance). Perhaps Knight is claiming that Duke paid Mangum to offer a story so bizarre that no one except Mike Nifong and most of the Group of 88 would believe it?


On Friday, I e-mailed Knight to ask him why Duke would have “paid off” Mangum to help students that the University’s leadership and activist faculty had gone out of their way to revile. He didn’t respond.
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Quasimodo

If the truth does not come out about the case, then it is open to manipulation by those with agendas.

Which is why the entire truth has to come out and a stake has to driven through the heart of the
"something happened" crowd.

There are always "historical revisionists". There are always professors who will try to examine a "new angle"
on old history.

In this case, there will be those who are determined to the sake of their own agendas to rewrite history. (The gang of 88 really was not talking about the lacrosse case, and really had the best interests of all the students in mind.)

There is likely to be more of that kind of rewrite.

Hence, it is necessary to get the facts established NOW, beyond any possibility of obfuscation.

(Which is another reason why tearing down the Buchanan St. house without letting the Durham public
see the bathroom was a crime against the defendants, and against the establishment of the truth
in the minds of the public.)



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Quasimodo

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Balzac said, “To distrust the judiciary marks the beginning of the end of society.”

Regardless of whether the grounds for delaying discovery are 'perfectly logical',
the conclusions drawn by the public (which has witnessed all too many legal shenanigans in this case already)
may not be 'perfectly logical'.

At any rate, it's long past time to get the alleged perpetrators under oath. And if the system fails to be able to accomplish this, then it (and all its courts, judges, schools, etc.) are not worth the effort to maintain them.


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KC, I have said here more than once that -- because of political correctness -- in 100 or 150 years, the "accepted truth" of the Duke Lacrosse Case is likely to be the opposite of your version.
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