Lawrence Lessig creates meaning from chaos
This is a tremendously moving, sometimes horrifying, and even a little inspiring story. Also truly well-written.
I saw Professor Lessig’s post about it this morning and was curious what those ghosts might be. Naturally once I waited long enough, the document came to me in that inimitable RSS kind of way, via John Battelle’s Searchblog.
I won’t endeavor to say anything meaningful about the experience these men had - I don’t know that there’s anything meaningful to be said aside from “I’m sorry,” but I will note that as is his wont, Lessig has once again enlightened me and made meaning from meaninglessness with this quote:
The real evil isn’t the Hitler. The evil is the good German. The evil is all those people who could’ve just picked up the goddamn telephone and stopped it.
The story: Lawrence Lessig and John Hardwicke Fight Sexual Abuse and the American Boychoir School
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June 3rd, 2005 at 11:14 pm
I am john hardwicke, the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the American Boychoir School where I and uncounted numbers of children were sexually abused by choir directors and staff members.
You can read more about the American Boychoir and how it institutionalized sexual abuse over several decades at http://www.AmericanBoyschoir.com
I want to thank Professor Lessig for his assistance as my attorney in this case. He is a fine and courageous individual.
Please help us to clarify New Jersey’s Charitable Immunity Act which has been interpreted by the state’s courts to shield non profit organizations from all claims of negligence.
E-mail Assemblyman Albio Sires who has refused to post Assembly Bill 2512. Urge him to post and pass A2512 to do away with Charitable Immunity in cases of child sexual abuse. Ask Mr. Sires to protect New Jersey’s children and help victims of sexual abuse find healing and closure.
E-mail the assemblyman at asmsires@njleg.org
Please feel free to re-post this message to as many web sites, blogs and bulletin boards as possible. Through your letters of support we hope to move Mr. Sires to action.
You can read more about this legislation at http://www.FixTheLaw.org