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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a LAMB parent, I am horrified by the negligence that occurred under the leadership of Diane C and Cristina E. At the same time, I can see how their judgment was clouded by personal relationships and inexperience with child molesters. That is why they should have had better protective policies in place, which they didn't. Again, negligence. It's awful. I feel so horrible for the victim families.

But to add to already strong emotions on the topic, I am now a little bit angry at the individuals who are suing the school. I realize that something horrible and unimaginably traumatic happened to their kids. It is awful.

But LAMB as an institution does so much good for the children that it serves in Washington DC. Why insist on suing for so much money that the school might go bankrupt and stop all of the good work that it does? (Recognizing again, that the school was a nightmare experience for those families).

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I have no ill will at all toward the families filing. Because I understand that they will not receive this amount, what they receive will be from insurance, and will not bring down the school by fact of this lawsuit (or shouldn't). And they do deserve some compensation.

But I do have ill will now toward a lot of people on this thread who seem to be gleefully hoping the school closes down. [/quote]

I have ill will towards all institutions who are complicit in and support the abuse of children, or anyone. I will own that. Because the children, not you, were the victims. For the record I also harbor ill will towards the Catholic Church, the board of the Weinstein Companies, Roger Ailes and the board at Fox, and every other institution that sat back or enabled abuse and crimes. But thanks to people like you and the genius who is mad at the families suing, now I'm wondering if the LAMB community should be indicted along with the board and administration. If you and your little friend are any indication, maybe so.
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And yet if the school shuts down, won't it be children who lose out? Also, please explain how hoping the school does not shut down makes me a target of your negative assessment of the LAMB community. [/quote]

[quote]And yet if the school shuts down, won't it be children who lose out? [/quote] That is a slippery slope you are on my friend. Lots of rapists and molesters also do good works. Sure, they victimized children and those children suffered for years and will be saddled with the after effects for years to come, but look at all the charity work he/she did. What's one victim against all of that good?  You know what we should do? We should create a formula for how much abuse you can foist on a child against what kind of good you also do. You start. How much to molest a kid? Is a monetary donation enough or must they also have foundation to actually administer the good. Propose a formula.

[quote] Also, please explain how hoping the school does not shut down makes me a target of your negative assessment of the LAMB community.[/quote] Strangely I wasn't actually sure if I was reading more into your post than I should have. Was it fair to loop you in with the other self interested a-hole? And then you replied and put my mind at ease. What I reacted to (that you subsequently confirmed) was the phrase that you are ok with the suit because they won't get as much as they are requesting. How much to diddle your son/daughter? Seriously. Over the clothes? Under the outerwear but over the underwear? What if it was only once? Or only over a school year? Or what if your elementary school kid seemed to like it? What if your kid was abused but they didn't have to see the abuser again every day after it was exposed? How much of a multiplier if your abused kid then had to go back to school and see their abuser again?

[b]Your post imputed a level of greed in the complaint. [/b]According to the complaint the administration let it happen, ignored warnings, hid the investigation, let him come back and repeated the abuse. Then they lied to the community about it. But for their actions his reign of terror would have ended after the first suspension.

So, yeah, I'm ok looping you in with the first poster.

P.S. If you want to extend your "greater good" argument I would suggest to you that the lawsuit shuttering LAMB would do more to prevent this from ever happening at any school ever again than would a slap on the wrist or hit to an insurance premium. Surely you would sacrifice the LAMB community for the sake of all school age children across the land, right?  [/quote]

A level of greed is reflected in the $240 million request for damages. But I assume that’s greed on behalf of the lawyers who took the case, not the families.

By way of comparison, the average judgment per plaintiff against various Catholic Church entities was around $1 million, with some cases being worth far less and some more. The allegations in those cases were often far more egregious, with priests having sex with children and then being transferred around, for years and years. And those plaintiffs didn’t get hundreds of millions of dollars in their lawsuits.

Just from a legal standpoint, the request for damages is completely out of the realm of possibility. I agree with what you’re saying, in theory. Putting a price tag on someone molesting my kid is unthinkable. But once you file a lawsuit, that’s exactly what is going to happen, whether it happens in settlement or whether you roll the dice with a jury. [/quote]Totally disagree. You warm my child, a trillion dollars isn’t enough. No amount of money is. When these children face the darkness as adults a check won’t cure their hurt. The amount requested is symbolic and to a drop in the bucket. A child’s innocence is priceless. I hope they win a considerable amount. If it shutters LAMB’s doors, so be it. Making these families whole to any degree possible is the priority to me.[/quote]

And you can ask for a trillion dollars. But that doesn’t mean you’re going to get it. That’s not how lawsuits work. [/quote]

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