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Thread #150697   Message #3515987
Posted By: GUEST,Suzy T.
16-May-13 - 09:16 PM
Thread Name: Bob Brozman legal issues
Subject: RE: Bob Brozman legal issues (NOT obit)
In that case, I suggest that everyone back off and let the legal machinations run their course. It won't speed things up to hash stuff out here, and it may even slow things down. If there are indeed legal steps being taken, you can be pretty sure that those who are involved are not able to speak publicly right now.
Even if these horrible things are true, it doesn't wipe out Bob's excellence as a musician. It's possible to admire the art that someone creates, while still despising them as a person.
Happy said it very clearly:
Assuming the charges are true, do they negate a lifetime of musical excellence, deep knowledge of traditional music, and the first rate instruction that has delighted and informed so many aspiring players? How do you separate the good works that someone does in his lifetime from whatever evil he may have perpetrated? Sony didn't destroy all of Michael Jackson's recordings when he was accused of child molestation; the Catholic church doesn't stop functioning when untold numbers of priests are accused of similar, possibly even more heinous, crimes