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This will be my last post on this blog, or as this blog owner. It has been an amazing year. I tried to articulate the complicated emotions I am feeling in my “farewell column” Friday.

It’s tough to give up this post and all the bags and tricks it has brought with it, but it is time. It’s time for Joe to come in and try his hand at this thing. I have no doubt he will do an amazing job. You all will enjoy interacting with him in this space.

So, thanks for the year - every second of it. It’s been quite a ride. Look out for me along the Moore County information superhighway .

So Bill Nye spoke at Memorial Hall Thursday evening, and frankly, it was a little disconcerting.  For so many of us, Bill (as his demeanor does command the first name basis) was a childhood staple, and to see him live, in the flesh, served as an odd confirmation that he is a real person.

Kind of like going to Sunday School every week and then meeting Jesus (actually, that’s probably an overstatement.  Let’s go with Noah).

After being welcomed with a thunderous round of applause, Bill supplied a quick jab at Duke - ah, pandering to the audience - before launching into a crash course on the dangers of global warming and the indifference our nation’s leaders greet it with.

This wasn’t smarmy soapboxing, however - a lecture on what we already know.  Nye was light, unpretentious, and even moving in his honest plea for the people of America to face the cold facts of this dire situation (sticking your head in the sand probably wasn’t what Darwin had in mind).

So what say you all?  Comments?  Criticisms?  It was a sold-out show; at least one audience member has to be reading this.

–Will “2% noise, 98% funk” Fonvielle.  A&E staff writer–

People have raised questions–some constructive and some vulgar–about the story in Wednesday’s paper so I’ll address some here.
Why pick on the lacrosse team?
A few weeks ago I had the idea to do this story after reading so much Duke lacrosse coverage. It seemed like the attitude on campus was that such wild lawlessness couldn’t happen here. I figured it would be worthwile to take a look at the UNC lacrosse team as related to other sports on campus. We tried to submit the names of all the varsity athletes at UNC for a search, but the Chapel Hill police department said it would take weeks for them to process the whole request. We pared it down to just the lacrosse and baseball teams, since baseball was in season and of comparable size. I would have loved to look at all the rest of the sports, but it just wasn’t practical since we stop publishing for the summer on Friday.
When the results came back, it was clear that there were a significant number of incidents. Also, John Haus had just suspended three more players for Senior Day. In light of what went on at Duke, where prior offenses were deemed “warning signs” it made sense to see what was being done about this team. But in no way was this meant–as some have indicated–to connect the UNC team with a rape case.
I wish we could have done full background searches at all area police jurisdictions, as well as the home counties of all the players, but the DTH doesn’t have the funds to conduct costly background checks. So we just went with Chapel Hill.
Isn’t Facebook an invasion of privacy?
Yeah, everyone and his brother has pictures of themselves drinking on Facebook, but it was relevant in this case because the athletic department had emailed all the athletes telling them to look out. Also, John Blanchard noted it was public information and could be used as an enforcement tool. So why not take a look and see what they could be enforcing?
Isn’t it hypocritical?
Sure, most kids in college drink underage and many have run-ins with the law. I can’t say I never had a drink before I turned 21. The thing is, I am not on scholarship like the athletes. I didn’t sign an agreement to represent the University and stay out of trouble. The fact is that athletes are under the microscope, like Larry Gallo said in the lacrosse culture story. In the case of sports like lacrosse, the DTH is really the only public microscope. We took a look through that lens to see what was going on there in terms of discipline and we reported the facts. That’s all.

-Daniel Malloy

Article attacking lacrosse was little more than gossip
TO THE EDITOR:
I’ve long shared the same widely held disdain for collegiate lacrosse players that Daniel Malloy’s article on the UNC team provokes and inflames. But as much as most of us love reading articles that prop up our pet stereotypes, I don’t want to see this kind of “exposé” anywhere near the front page.

Josiah Drewry
Graduate student
Info. and Library Science

Poor behavior on part of athletes is not acceptable
TO THE EDITOR:
In light of Wednesday’s coverage, which detailed a number of citations issued to members of the men’s lacrosse team, I want to assure the University community that Coach John Haus and I find these actions to be completely unacceptable.
Even one violation of the law is too many. Thus, the number compiled by men’s lacrosse is out of step with University and athletics department standards. We have dealt with them seriously and in almost every instance brought forth a suspension. Future violations, should there be any, will have severe consequences.
Almost all of the citations are related to the use of alcohol. That is not an excuse. Colleges across the country are faced with issues of underage drinking and abuse of alcohol. The UNC athletic department continues to work with campus leaders in student affairs and student health to combat these problems. We educate our student-athletes about the dangers of alcohol through lectures, seminars and other programs. The Carolina Leadership Academy was designed specifically to help train our student-athletes to lead themselves and their peers and to learn how to make better decisions in social settings. We are examining those programs to see what else we can do to further educate our students.
We recognize it is a privilege to represent the University in athletics. Our student-athletes, coaches and staff will work even harder to do so in the first-class manner that you expect.

Dick Baddour
Director of Athletics

Better name for courtyard could have been found
TO THE EDITOR:
The University should reconsider naming the Boshamer Stadium courtyard after the Steinbrenner family.
The powers that be should name the courtyard after someone who is much more suitable than the Steinbrenners. The family has no real ties to the Carolina baseball program other than the recent donation. B.J. Surhoff’s name would be a much more appropriate selection for the courtyard. Surhoff holds the UNC career batting average record, had an illustrious career in the Major Leagues and was on the inaugural ballot for the Collegiate Baseball Hall of Fame.
Walter Rabb, who coached the Tar Heels for more than 30 years and won more than 60 percent of the games he coached, would also be a very honorable selection.
Naming the courtyard after the highest bidder would hardly represent Carolina’s history and baseball tradition. At a time when the Carolina baseball team is ranked No. 3 in the country and is poised to cement its place among college baseball’s upper echelon, we should celebrate our past and maintain our character, rather than simply selling out.
I am sure that everyone at the University appreciates the generous donation from the Steinbrenner family, and I assume that they did not donate the money just to get their name on the courtyard so I am sure they will understand our desire to maintain tradition.

Billy Scott
Junior
Journalism

Letter writers wrong to question end of Apple Chill
TO THE EDITOR:
This letter is in response to those who think the decision to end Apple Chill was premature. Like many others, I walked the streets during the afternoon and had a fun time. But everything changed when it got dark.
When I left my apartment on Rosemary Street at 10:15 p.m. to pick up a friend, the experience was truly miserable. I witnessed a complete disregard for traffic rules, verbal harassment directed both at me and others walking along the streets and a fist fight. Furthermore, my two-mile round-trip drive took no less than 45 minutes. I can say with complete confidence that a vast majority of the people in my apartment complex did not feel safe enough to walk along Rosemary Street alone after dark, and rightfully so. After all, if policemen didn’t feel it appropriate to walk alone, neither should students.
Simply put, that is unacceptable. It was clear to me that a significant portion of the After Chill participants had made a choice to embrace a culture defined in large part by intimidation and trivial one-upmanship based (among other things) on the size and expense of one’s car tires. Many of those who were loitering demonstrated a blatant lack of respect and consideration for fellow humans, which is something I find to be deplorable. I have only felt fearful to leave my residence twice during my time in Chapel Hill, and both times were on nights following Apple Chill.
Before you dare say Apple Chill shouldn’t have gotten axed, you better have spent a portion of the evening on Rosemary and Franklin streets. If you showed up to Apple Chill and left before dark, don’t pretend you have any clue as to the consequences associated with this event. The people who live in these areas can’t just up and leave when it’s convenient.

Michael Welsh
Sophomore
Business administration

DTH was not racist in its coverage of After Chill
TO THE EDITOR:
Letters like Nick Shepard’s cause the University community to view Sunday night’s violence in terms of black or white. Students are consistently itching for controversy, and I am amazed how we search for racism in any word The Daily Tar Heel prints.
It is right to label a crowd that engages in lewd acts, violence, and unruly behavior a bunch of thugs, and in no way does this comment on the race of the individuals involved. It is people like you that cause “thuggery” to be associated with the black community as you are determined to point out the fact that the majority of the crowd was black.
Racism doesn’t stem from language such as “thuggery” and “urban” — these words can apply to anyone whether white, black, Latino, or Asian. Racial stereotypes are continually illuminated by people who claim racism no matter what the situation.
Sure, the event was “predominantly African-American,” Mr. Shepard, but as a community we’re a little more worried about staying safe than discussing the race of the perpetrators.

Rob Sellers
Sophomore
Mathematical Decision Sciences

Some are too quick to see racism where none exists
TO THE EDITOR:
In response to Nick Shepard’s letter, The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of After Chill did not reveal “journalistic racism,” but reflected the event’s reality.
Shepard claims that it was racist for the DTH to report that After Chill was marked by “thuggery”, because thuggery is simply “a racist code word for young black men.” However, “thuggery” accurately characterizes any event in which three people are shot, multiple gunshots are fired, and laws are broken in public (blatant drinking and driving and drug use come to mind). If the above mentioned conduct occurred at a predominately white event it would rightly be described as marked by thuggery, yet the same characterization of a predominately black event proves “racist.” Today, nobody, black or white, can criticize anything predominately black without being labeled a racist.
Does anyone believe that the town of Chapel Hill or UNC would have tolerated a student-dominated event for as many years as it has After Chill, if the student event produced the same violence as After Chill? I believe the student event would have been canceled immediately, and rightly so.
However, I believe Chapel Hill is taking the easy way out by cancelling Apple Chill as a means of ending After Chill’s violence, since the two have nothing to do with each other.
Instead, the town should implement strict anti-cruising regulations after Apple Chill ends. However, many would consider this action as unfairly targeting a largely black event — an event, where young men just happen to sport gang colors (not gang members, mind you) and where persons are shot and/or stabbed annually.

Barnes Stephenson
Senior
Political Science

I love classic soul music. I’ve been known to rock out to Marvin Gaye or Otis Redding or Aretha more than occasionally.

For this very reason, I don’t like a lot of contemporary R&B. It so often seems so explicitly, and adolescently sexual. Otis Redding wants to hold you in “These Arms of Mine,” R. Kelly wants “Sex In The Kitchen.”

See what I mean?

Even so called neo-soul artists tend to slip into the mire of generic hip-hop clichés of materialism and picking up “shorties.” (cough, Jaheim, cough).

Leela James, however is a delightful exception to the rule.

With a voice that brings back memories of bygone days and production that helps her achieve the feel, her album A Change Is Gonna Come (catch the reference to Sam Cooke) is a breath of fresh air.

Even though her soul-purism borders on pretentious, she wanders confidently through a generous album touching on the timeless subjects of love, and the state of the music industry. She also does heartfelt renditions of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and – surprisingly – No Doubt’s alt-rock hit “Don’t Speak.”

With production from the likes of Wyclef Jean and that Kanye guy everybody’s been talking about, James’ record bursts with retro horns and old-school hip-hop beats that create a modern sound, while still paying tribute to her influences (who she is none too shy to list in “Music”).

With the syrupy sweetness of classic soul, but enough modern sensibilities to stay current and accessible, James shows herself to be a promising new artist.

Leela James brings her unique brand of neo-soul to Memorial Hall on Friday, April 28 at 8pm. Student tickets are $5. General Public tickets are $10.

-Bryan Reed / Arts Desk-

It was minorities, not the violence, that was scary
TO THE EDITOR:
Can we stop beating around the bush? Even if there were no shootings, people would still feel uncomfortable at Apple Chill or After Chill because there were too many people of color.
Lily-white Chapel Hill residents and students need to realize that what they see on television or in movies is a reality.
Gangs really exist. People really do drive cars with 24-inch rims. And guess what else? Pimps are not mythical creatures like leprechauns.
I am sick and tired of UNC students shopping in the supermarket of blackness; selectively taking what they want and leaving everything else on the shelves.
It is not uncommon to walk by W.B. Yeats and hear the newest hip-hop songs blaring in the background. However, when someone takes the music outside of the bar it becomes a problem.
Comedian Paul Mooney of the widely watched “Chapelle’s Show” once said that everybody wants to be a black person, but everybody doesn’t want to be a black person. Although I disagree with his word choice, I could not further agree with his message.
Shows such as “Pimp My Ride” or “Yo Mamma” on MTV exist because people are willing to watch them. Moreover, rappers achieve multi-platinum status because non-blacks purchase their music as well. If you have a problem with gangs, don’t support music or movies which glorify the gangster lifestyle.
Before considering Apple Chill a “gridlocked ghetto,” let us not forget UNC’s history as a zoo, according to Jesse Helms.
Since being here, I have witnessed people jumping over bonfires after a major victory, vomiting on the P2P and streaking during finals. So, like the Bible says, before telling our neighboring urban residents to remove the plank from their eye, trying removing your own first.

A. Jarrod Jenkins
Senior
Political Science

Apple Chill isn’t like all the other Franklin gatherings
TO THE EDITOR:
As we have all seen with the recent events at Apple Chill, the events held on Franklin Street can easily get out of hand. But I implore everyone to not make connections between Apple Chill and all of our other gatherings on Franklin.
The history of Apple Chill and the violence associated with the unsanctioned After Chill clearly indicates that it should have in fact been canceled for several years.
But this should not spread to other events, especially Halloween. The fact that Mayor Kevin Foy even mentioned consideration for permanently canceling Franklin’s other mass gatherings really bothers me.
After Chill in no way reflects the spirit of these other events and should be taken as a separate occurrence. As soon as three people are shot on Halloween or on a night when we beat Duke, then special consideration can be taking to canceling such events.
Until then, just get rid of Apple Chill and leave the other events alone.

Kendall Silver
Freshman
Biology

DTH coverage of After Chill reveals journalistic racism
TO THE EDITOR:
The Daily Tar Heel’s Tuesday coverage of the Apple Chill fiasco represented the most blatantly racist excuse for journalism I have seen in my four years on campus.
The lead article alludes to “young, urban people, many of them purported gang members.” What does “urban” mean? From Durham? And purported by whom to be gang members, on what grounds?
What these code words really refer to are young black men. The editorial page seems to suddenly have become full of experts on “blatant gang culture,” as they call it, as they claim the event to be marked by “thuggery” — again, a racist code word describing young black men.
And to print a letter that goes so far as to refer to the only time of year when white people do not completely dominate the streets of Chapel Hill as turning “a beautiful college town into a ghetto” crosses the line from subtle to blatant.
That the DTH could cover a predominantly black event using such loaded and coded language without once openly mentioning the racial dynamics at play is dishonest, misleading and racist.
What needs to stop immediately is not just violence at Apple Chill, but racist portrayals of blacks by media.

Nick Shepard
Senior
History

After Chill provides us with many diverse perspectives
TO THE EDITOR:
Following this year’s After Chill celebration, many students have called for the town to put an end to the event. They claim that it is an inconvenience to residents and unsafe.
I think these opponents of After Chill have overlooked the positive effect the event has on the University.
Chancellor James Moeser and others are constantly talking about the importance of diversity and cultural awareness in the University community. After Chill provides for these goals.
It is an event where people from the cities around Chapel Hill come to have some fun. They ride motor cycles and show off spinning chrome rims on their 1970s Oldsmobiles.
This year there was even a pick-up truck with four televisions in its bed blaring rap music videos. Residents of Chapel Hill do not often experience this kind of event.
The Daily Tar Heel editorial board pointed out that a woman was posing topless while people videotaped her and that three people were shot. But are these things really bad? Isn’t condemning them forcing cultural values and morality on others?
Maybe the shooters were simply nostalgic for the Old West. The “victims” of the shooting might have used coarse language in the presence of ladies, and the shooters thought it would be just to avenge those young ladies’ honor.
Furthermore, the topless dancing may not have been sexual expression but rather an effort by the young woman to become more in unison with nature. And the cameramen were simply capturing this natural expression.
In short, let us not be insular in our cultural understanding. After Chill is an event that allows students and residents to experience culture in new ways and participants of the celebration to express their nostalgia for bygone days of chivalry and a more natural world.

Brian Sopp
Junior
Journalism

A number of statements have been released in regard to the East Chapel Hill High School shooting. I could not include all of them in my article today so they are listed below.

Superintendent Neil Pedersen’s message:
http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/echhs/Easthostageletter.pdf

From the student victim:
All I need to say is I feel blessed to be alive. Even though I was very scared at the time, I want to thank my civic teacher, Mrs. Kukla for staying behind me and keeping my courage up. I did my best to talk to him and understand what his problems were. I appreciated the support from the police and officers, especially Officer Gibson. I’ve receive a lot of support and I thank everybody for their kind thoughts. Please respect my wishes for privacy and calm as I try to get my life back to normal. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Chelsea Slegal

From the teacher Lisa Kukla in a press release from city schools:

“Chelsea was very brave and stayed calm. I am very proud of her actions. We tried to personalize things so that he would see us as people and not objects. I am thankful that no one was hurt, including the suspect. I am thankful for all of the support from friends and coworkers and from the Chapel Hill Police Department, especially Officer Rex Gibson. Today, I’m thankful to be alive.”

Two years ago, when director Oliver Stone announced his intentions to make a movie about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he was met with a flurry of jingoistic criticism.

“Too soon,” people would jeer at the idea. But amid the cinematic hysteria, director Paul Greengrass’s film about Sept. 11, “United 93,” slipped under the radar and into pre-production.

And just as quickly and quietly as it went in, the film is making its way into theaters with glowing reviews riding on its coattails.

Here are a few:

David Denby, The New Yorker: “Greengrass’s movie is tightly wrapped, minutely drawn, and, no matter how frightening, superbly precise.”

Claudia Puig, USA Today: “An unflinching, powerfully visceral and haunting portrait…”

David Edelstein, New York Magazine: “Brilliant, tightly focused, and momentous.”

David Ansen, Newsweek: “This is first-rate, visceral filmmaking, no question: taut, watchful, free of false histrionics…”

And those are just a few. So why is this film being met with such critical enthusiasm?

Contestants to the film would have you believe that no reviewer, in good conscience, could give this movie a bad review; proponents could tempt you to see things in the opposite light. So where’s the middle ground.

For as long as it’s been an industry, Hollywood has profited off of tragedy, heartache and cultural demise — look to the war movies of the ’60s and ’70s that relayed the untold stories of World War II.

But is “United 93″ too soon? A mere five years after the collapse of the metal and mortar that was a symbol to our nation, this film isn’t out to tarnish our memories — it’s out to solidify them, to memorialize them and those who died bravely.

I won’t propose to tell you what to believe; I’ll only encourage you to see the movie for yourself. Early indications are that it’ll shake you to your core.

“United 93″ premiered Tuesday night at the TriBeCa Film Fesitval in New York City and opens nationwide on Friday, April 28. Classes will be over — go out and see this film.

— Harry, Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Apple Chill does not mesh with the spirit of our town
TO THE EDITOR:
As a freshman at UNC who has been to mass gatherings on Franklin Street before and had a fun, safe experience each time, I just assumed that Apple Chill was just another fun, friendly gathering where people come together in good spirits in downtown Chapel Hill.
It seems that Apple Chill is nothing like Halloween or post-basketball celebrations, however, which is troubling.
Instead of the usual reports of a few people arrested on misdemeanor charges for generally just taking their celebrating slightly over the limits of the law, Franklin Street was wrapped in police tape, police officers were assaulted, and several people were victims of gunshots.
Certainly there are a few problems during the town’s other large festivities, as there are bound to be any time such a large number of people gather on one street. However, during those times, downtown Chapel Hill has a different feeling. It is a place of camaraderie and celebration, not a place of fear or hostility.
Apple Chill’s history of violence and the feeling of fear I got while walking around Chapel Hill during daylight hours is not compatible with the spirit of this town.
To me, Chapel Hill is a town of people who know how to have fun, but for the most part, have no interest in hurting anyone else or destroying the atmosphere of a place we all love so much.
Franklin Street is a great venue for revelry and lightheartedness, but we should never let that safe, happy environment be destroyed.
Apple Chill is one such detriment, and I truly hope that this town will recognize the violent history of this event and realize that it has become something that is not compatible with the spirit of this place.

Meredith Ann King
Freshman
English

Congress would like your testimonials on Apple Chill
TO THE EDITOR:
Many of you experienced the violence, congestion and disturbances associated with Apple Chill and After Chill this past Sunday.
Even if you did not see this first hand, you have no doubt heard stories, seen the news and read accounts from The Daily Tar Heel.
Student Congress plans to take action to investigate these concerns. While things are fresh in your minds, we’d like your input.
If you have personal accounts you’d like to send us, please send them to Speaker of Student Congress Luke Farley at ljfarley@email.unc.edu. Please include your name, contact information and your residence.
Congress will be compiling these reports and the student affairs committee will hold public hearings in the fall.
Look for an informational e-mail to go out soon for more information.

Tyler Younts
Chairman
Student Affairs Committee

Caroline B. Spencer
Chairwoman
Rules & Judiciary Committee

Apple Chill reduced Chapel Hill to a gridlocked ‘ghetto’
TO THE EDITOR:
Once a year, there is a mass migration to Chapel Hill for an event called Apple Chill.
But what is the purpose of this mass migration? All I noticed were a bunch of vehicles with rims too big and tires too thin, not to mention the endless noise of sub-woofers turned up too high.
In an earlier article about Apple Chill in The Daily Tar Heel, we were informed that it was an event to enjoy local arts and crafts and other homemade products.
I’m guessing that these “arts and crafts” refer to motorcyclists breaking traffic laws and essentially an episode of “Pimp My Ride” right before our eyes.
Oh, and perhaps the “performers” that were supposed to be here are the ones who carry guns and shoot them at people?
Apple Chill has proved to be an unsafe event year after year, and I propose that the tradition not continue. It turns a beautiful college town into a ghetto and the only thing it does is back up traffic.
I would also like to say a special thank you to all of our law enforcement officers who risk their lives every year for this event. Without them, the violence would clearly be more out of hand than it normally is.
Please join in the effort to “Chill with Apple Chill.” This is a tradition that needs to stop — immediately.

Andrew Sanctis
Senior
International studies, Spanish

University must re-examine its role in ‘annual violence‘
TO THE EDITOR:
Three people shot during After Chill? If a student had been killed at After Chill, I imagine University administrators and city officials would have a hard time convincing parents and CNN reporters that they are serious about safety.
Let’s hope such a tragedy isn’t a necessary prerequisite for city and University leaders to re-evaluate their role in perpetuating this annual violence.

Matthew Freund
Senior
Business

Chapel Hill does not need the ‘fairs‘ and the vandals
TO THE EDITOR:
I am strongly in favor of not having any of the street fairs including Halloween.
Polling people at the fairs as to whether they would like the fairs to be held is like polling Republicans on their opinion of George Bush. Ask the whole town.
At the very least, if a street fair is to be held, ban all car and motorcycle traffic from the center of town and bus people in from peripheral parking areas.
Last night, I had the misfortune to go shopping at about 6:00 p.m. My return trip home up Franklin Street, a two-minute to three-minute ride, took me an hour.
We don’t need these fairs and the hooliganism that goes along with them.

Barry Goz
Chapel Hill resident

I rant a lot. A not-too-inaccurate portrait of me would include waving arms and exclamations — let’s face it, I like to take a stand and ruffle feathers. But few things get me as flustered as infringing on the press freedoms of my peers — and that group is without age limits.

Ever since I heard about The Cyclone Scoop incident I wanted to help in some way, whether that be by writing editorials, re-running their articles or paying to print their entire newspaper and distribute it ourself. The argument, at the heart of Hazelwood , that children are somehow less entitled to freedoms than adults always has struck me as hypocritical — I take that view into the debate of the press freedoms of my “junior” colleagues.

For me, there is no danger in allowing press freedoms to any publication whatever the age of its publisher. Sure, those people might print something risque, something in bad taste and something that is less than quality journalism, but is that age specific? Are we to piece-meal protect against inappropriate journalism by cutting the industry up into age groups, to which varying degrees of freedom apply.

I am a political science major and constitutional law has been a hobby of mine. Reading Supreme Court cases about restricted rights in the name of “protecting the children” always has troubled me. Sure, we have a right to protect our children — we want to educate them. But does not that education carry with it the responsibility to teach them of all the things they can enjoy, at least in this country?

Yes, I’m naive. Yes, I’m idealistic. But I put a great deal of trust in the process of things — the natural settling of information. If someone reads or hears something that is inappropriate, I trust that they can reject or accept that information; they can decide to react or trust the marketplace of ideas.

Let’s leave the marketplace unfettered and call a spade a spade, or, in this case, an amendment an amendment. “Shall make no law that abridges” does not go on to break that liberty down by maturity level.

Shame on the Smith officials and everyone of you, I’m looking at a few of you letter writers here, for the dirtiness of this whole incident. I’m sticking to the process — in the name of the very children you hurt in the name of protection.