tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post2416305998952602839..comments2024-03-28T00:50:16.901-05:00Comments on Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center: What the Hell?Murray Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-57594766416543637232008-02-04T21:46:00.000-06:002008-02-04T21:46:00.000-06:00Yes. Good point, Toggleblog. He paid a price and s...Yes. Good point, Toggleblog. He paid a price and shouldn't have. The e-mail (which, as AHCL has pointed out, is being conveniently held back by the media) will show that he was referring to the hold-outs...who were NOT African-American. Therefore, the "Canadians" reference was not a racial remark. Therefore, this whole point is moot. Unless political references are now on the PC hitlist. I honestly wouldn't be surprised.anonymous chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731987145908903546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-20472443897694307742008-02-03T19:12:00.000-06:002008-02-03T19:12:00.000-06:00Whatever your feelings about Mr. Freyer, why hasn'...Whatever your feelings about Mr. Freyer, why hasn't anyone pointed out that he paid a price for his Canadian comment shortly after it was made: namely, he suffered embarassment amongst his colleagues and was passed over for promotion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-15242842640757799312008-02-03T17:09:00.000-06:002008-02-03T17:09:00.000-06:00I guess maybe I am lumping the ADAs in with the cr...I guess maybe I am lumping the ADAs in with the criminals, me, <B>and the rest of humanity</B>. Do you have a problem with that?<BR/><BR/>We're all more or less fortunate to be where we are; you and I have been spectacularly more fortunate than most. The recognition of our good fortune should affect our behavior, especially toward those less fortunate.Mark Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128739833441582127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-86597374176467252882008-02-03T16:51:00.000-06:002008-02-03T16:51:00.000-06:00But Mark, aren't you pretty much just lumping the ...But Mark, aren't you pretty much just lumping the ADAs in with criminals when you say that?<BR/><BR/>Sure, maybe the ADAs needed a little bit of "humble pie", but that doesn't make them criminals.Murray Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-57475963997275888192008-02-03T16:41:00.000-06:002008-02-03T16:41:00.000-06:00If this has been the worst month of their professi...If this has been the worst month of their professional careers, they might consider reflecting on how fortunate they have been compared to the people whose futures they decide.<BR/><BR/>As a judge intimately familiar with the workings of the Office in recent years said to me, "Maybe this'll make some of them less damn arrogant. They need it."Mark Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128739833441582127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-64725817300766638162008-02-03T16:19:00.000-06:002008-02-03T16:19:00.000-06:00Leviathan,There have been plenty of prosecutors wh...Leviathan,<BR/>There have been plenty of prosecutors who have gotten words of encouragement from people and those words were greatly appreciated. There were other people who would gleefully attempt to humiliate ADAs who had absolutely nothing to do with Rosenthal or his e-mail scandal. I'm not trying to foster an "us versus them" mentality, and I'm certainly not trying to encourage ADAs to operate from under a siege mentality. However, the ADAs do feel like they've been under siege for the past month thanks to their boss.<BR/>The lessons of the past month are going to be permanently embedded in every prosecutor who lived through it, and as Leitner said "a change is coming". My only disagreement with that statement is that I think the change is already here.<BR/>Prosecutors have to be aware of the effect that power conveyed through arrogance causes, and they have a long road ahead of them to restore faith in the system. But that doesn't mean that they have to spend the rest of their careers conducting themselves like a scolded dog that piddled on the carpet.Murray Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662196272138109874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-36729586173043064332008-02-03T15:05:00.000-06:002008-02-03T15:05:00.000-06:00I guess sometimes I just don't get where you're co...I guess sometimes I just don't get where you're coming from. A simple reading of your post suggests that remembering who are the Office's friends and enemies is more important than remembering how the Office came to its present uncomfortable position.<BR/><BR/>Engaging in divisive, fairly childish, pointless pursuits like remembering friends and enemies contributed much to the present situation, and, frankly, the Office always is going to have friends and enemies. It's much more important to focus on why things turned out as they did, and on how to avoid repetition. Good public servants don't operate from a siege mentality.Thomas Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832779920216463979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566778230970156239.post-14548052195198264062008-02-03T13:49:00.000-06:002008-02-03T13:49:00.000-06:00I guess that the Chronicle must have realized thei...I guess that the Chronicle must have realized their error in allowing a fair column because they seem to have (at least temporarily)removed the article from their website. That's amusing!anonymous chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731987145908903546noreply@blogger.com