Got Truth On My Mind

I had hoped to keep out of this discussion, but I simply cannot let your post go unanswered. Mr. Galison is a gentleman not to respond more fully and I commend his restraint.

Mr. Galison begins his posting by specifically stating that the offenses against him “pale in comparison” to some other crimes.  He correctly states that the impulses behind all evil acts are similar, regardless of their scale.  One can say that domestic abuse, for example, pales in comparison to the events of 9/11, but the impulse behind these acts are the same; the objectification and abuse of one or more human being by another. The scale of  9/11 does not lessen the damage to a battered woman or mitigate the batterer's guilt. In fact, the greatest evils always develop out of lesser ones that go unchecked.

You defend Rounder and Mr. Greenburg as “simply trying to have exclusive promotion rights of the Madeleine Brand - which happens all the time in the music industry”.  Are you really saying that their actions are excusable because their motivation is simple or because they happen all the time?

I must say, that is idiocy. Many horrible crimes have simple motivations. Many horrible crimes happen all the time. It is neither the motivation nor the frequency of actions that make them evil, it is the means.

Falsely accusing a person of a crime such as physical abuse is particularly heinous for the reasons Suzelliott explained, among many others. It can destroy a person’s professional and personal life, putting them under a shadow of suspicion and disdain for the rest of their lives.

If Mr. Galison physically abused Ms. Peyroux, he should be in mandatory rehabilitation or in prison.

If Mr. Greenburg falsely accused Mr. Galison of physical abuse simply to intimidate and disgrace him for the sake of profit, he should be in rehabilitation or prison and he should certainly be disbarred immediately. 

I don’t know if you have either a reputation or a profession,  but if someone in your field falsely accused you of say, child molestation, and published this accusation amongst your peers, you would not say this allegation is “relatively true” or “relatively false".  You would not say it is a “matter of perspective”. You would do everything in your power to discredit them and redeem your reputation. My goodness, you raised a fuss because Mr. Galison paraphrased one sentence of your posting. I can only imagine what you would do if someone accused you of a serious crime!

Mr. Greenburg and Ms. Peyroux continue to assert that Mr. Galison is guilty of abuse, and presumably continue to spread this accusation. The only reason they would hesitate from “warning” people about Mr. Galison is that they know they will be held to account for false accusations.

Rounder used this website to discredit Mr. Galison and the record you are enjoying. It is only appropriate that Mr. Galison should use the same venue to defend himself. Posting Ms. Peyroux’s correspondence is an effective way to counter Mr. Greenburg’s allegations.  To me, they actually put Ms. Peyroux in a more sympathetic light as they reveal her appreciation of Mr. Galison and at least the remnants of a conscience. They also reaffirm my conviction that the accusations of abuse are entirely contrived and malicious.

Madeleine’s true friends will counsel her to do the moral, honest thing, and to strive to get her out of serious trouble and disgrace, even if this requires public reprimand and embarrassment. Mr. Galison's friends will do the same.

When Mr. Galison wrote “where will they stop”, he was implying the obvious and ominous. If Mr. Greenburg’s law firm and Rounder are willing to destroy<