This doesn't surprise me one bit considering he once came up to me saying "Is getting raped something that happens to you a lot?" Granted it was a reference to one of my reasons for preferring the Noisebridge couch over the city sidewalks as a place to sleep when I was temporarily homeless. I don't really participate in the NB community as much as I used to, but there are certainly quite a few people who still do and who probably wouldn't feel comfortable being around someone with an assault record such as his. The rare times I do show up to NB, I almost always get some kind of unwanted comment from Jesse. I've learned to ignore it, but it still makes going there to work on projects a very unpleasant experience.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Zancas Dearana <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zancas@leastauthority.com" target="_blank">zancas@leastauthority.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Liz Henry <<a href="mailto:liz@bookmaniac.org">liz@bookmaniac.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Hi there fellow Noisebridgers,<br>
><br>
> I had heard a rumor about Jesse being arrested, and heard about there<br>
> being trouble at Camp Tipsy and only put them together last night, and<br>
> looked up court records from Colusa County where Camp Tipsy happened.<br>
><br>
> Here is a post from the organizer of Camp Tipsy about the event (scroll<br>
> down to the paragraph beginning "Sexual assault happens.".<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://chickenjohn.us/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/chicken/20120712110923/" target="_blank">http://chickenjohn.us/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/chicken/20120712110923/</a><br>
><br>
> Here are the court records:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://cms.colusa.courts.ca.gov/case_search_results_charges.asp?chrgCaseNbr=CR54212" target="_blank">http://cms.colusa.courts.ca.gov/case_search_results_charges.asp?chrgCaseNbr=CR54212</a><br>
><br>
> And a local newspaper article about the alleged assault and the arrest.<br>
><br>
> I would like us to talk this over at the meeting tonight.<br>
><br>
> I'd like to directly ask Jesse to agree not to come to Noisebridge while<br>
> he deals with these charges.<br>
><br>
> Because I want us all to be able to make good decisions about our safety<br>
> and about recommending Noisebridge as a place for others to come to, I<br>
> felt it is important to say this in public and get it out there as<br>
> information for everyone involved with Noisebridge, rather than to rely<br>
> on people spreading the word through backchannel gossip.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Liz<br>
><br>
</div> Thank you, Liz, for letting me know!<br>
<br>
I realise that perspectives will differ in fundamental ways on this<br>
issue, and that aspects of it will be impossible for me to appreciate<br>
on some levels. I strive to be thoughtful, and apologise in advance<br>
if I inadvertently give offence.<br>
<br>
My unsolicited opinion(s):<br>
I agree that safety is paramount.<br>
I believe that permanent shunning, or casting out, is an extremely<br>
destructive process.<br>
I hope that (and this may be entirely consistent with Liz's<br>
proposal) we can find an alternative to such a drastic action.<br>
I think it would be better for Jesse to speak for himself at the<br>
meeting, than for decisions about him to be taken in his absence.<br>
I submit that Punishment, is going to be meted out by the "justice"<br>
system, therefore I advocate decisions taken by the community focus on<br>
safety vice retribution.<br>
<br>
Finally, this event has provoked an interesting train of thought...<br>
<br>
To what degree do we, as community members, "owe" it to the<br>
community to confess our crimes? If I am cited for drunk driving,<br>
and subsequently offer to drive the Noisebus to toorcamp without<br>
letting anyone know about the offence, am I betraying the community?<br>
What if I tell Liz, but not Danny? Have I discharged my duty to the<br>
community? Should Jesse have brought this event up at the next<br>
meeting after Camp Tipsy? Who within the community knew about the<br>
incident? If there are others in the community who knew, and did not<br>
bring it up at a meeting, are they guilty of a lesser betrayal?<br>
<br>
Does anyone else want to confess anything?<br>
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