[Noisebridge-discuss] Camp Tipsy sexual assault charges and Noisebridge

[Lillian Fleurs]

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.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Zancas Dearana
<zancas at leastauthority.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Liz Henry <liz at bookmaniac.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there fellow Noisebridgers,
> >
> > I had heard a rumor about Jesse being arrested, and heard about there
> > being trouble at Camp Tipsy and only put them together last night, and
> > looked up court records from Colusa County where Camp Tipsy happened.
> >
> > Here is a post from the organizer of Camp Tipsy about the event (scroll
> > down to the paragraph beginning "Sexual assault happens.".
> >
> >
> http://chickenjohn.us/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/chicken/20120712110923/
> >
> > Here are the court records:
> >
> >
> http://cms.colusa.courts.ca.gov/case_search_results_charges.asp?chrgCaseNbr=CR54212
> >
> > And a local newspaper article about the alleged assault and the arrest.
> >
> > I would like us to talk this over at the meeting tonight.
> >
> > I'd like to directly ask Jesse to agree not to come to Noisebridge while
> > he deals with these charges.
> >
> > Because I want us all to be able to make good decisions about our safety
> > and about recommending Noisebridge as a place for others to come to, I
> > felt it is important to say this in public and get it out there as
> > information for everyone involved with Noisebridge, rather than to rely
> > on people spreading the word through backchannel gossip.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Liz
> >
>   Thank you, Liz, for letting me know!
>
>   I realise that perspectives will differ in fundamental ways on this
> issue, and that aspects of it will be impossible for me to appreciate
> on some levels.  I strive to be thoughtful, and apologise in advance
> if I inadvertently give offence.
>
>   My unsolicited opinion(s):
>    I agree that safety is paramount.
>    I believe that permanent shunning, or casting out, is an extremely
> destructive process.
>    I hope that (and this may be entirely consistent with Liz's
> proposal) we can find an alternative to such a drastic action.
>    I think it would be better for Jesse to speak for himself at the
> meeting, than for decisions about him to be taken in his absence.
>    I submit that Punishment, is going to be meted out by the "justice"
> system, therefore I advocate decisions taken by the community focus on
> safety vice retribution.
>
>   Finally, this event has provoked an interesting train of thought...
>
>   To what degree do we, as community members, "owe" it to the
> community to confess our crimes?   If I am cited for drunk driving,
> and subsequently offer to drive the Noisebus to toorcamp without
> letting anyone know about the offence, am I betraying the community?
> What if I tell Liz, but not Danny?  Have I discharged my duty to the
> community?  Should Jesse have brought this event up at the next
> meeting after Camp Tipsy?   Who within the community knew about the
> incident?  If there are others in the community who knew, and did not
> bring it up at a meeting, are they guilty of a lesser betrayal?
>
>   Does anyone else want to confess anything?
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