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  1. I doubt corps as old as these don't have something buried in their closet. This incident was more than 40 years ago, corps might have their act together now but that doesn't make them immune to this kind of thing
  2. You don't have to keep saying this every time someone posts about how the org has completely changed. Yes, we know what the judge has said regarding the corps being the legal successor to the Garfield Cadets. It's still true that nobody involved with The Cadets today had any control over this situation 40 years ago despite whatever legal liability they are deemed to have. Things can be true and not legally relevant
  3. Even if the victim is primarily motivated by money or just wants to completely take down the org that she believes enabled the assault I don't blame her, I blame the piece of #### who assaulted her 40 years ago. Those motives are completely understandable given the circumstances even if I think it is ultimately punishing the wrong people for the crime
  4. "These acts and omissions" are specifically the ones listed in the lawsuit, not any others that may have occurred. If the lawsuit was about events other than the ones that occurred in relation to the plaintiff they would have been specifically mentioned, especially since the actions of GH have been well documented at this point. If there had never in the past 40 years been another instance of abuse related to The Cadets the text of this lawsuit would stay entirely the same.
  5. I don't believe this is an accurate description of the legal proceedings. The Cadets have claimed that they are not responsible for the crimes committed because they are no longer part of the umbrella organization that the crimes happened under. It appears the judge did not accept that particular argument. Neither the judge nor the Cadets made claims regarding whether there is a current "culture of abuse" because it's completely irrelevant to the case.
  6. She is seeking damages for the abuse (rightfully so) and the organization is one of the few entities that has assets that could be awarded. It has nothing to do with the organization as it stands today. There's no happy outcome or justice here, either she wins and an organization that is now completely removed from the incident is punished or she loses and the victim does not get reimbursed for the damages she suffered.
  7. The lawsuit makes no mention of anything other than the events that took place in the early 80s. There is no claim by the plaintiff that the corps has not moved beyond the culture of abuse. If there is evidence that they haven't then I fully support that being shared and the responsible parties being held accountable, but a 40 year old case isn't it.
  8. Had the corps been held responsible and shut down after the GH bomb dropped I would have mourned the loss but it would have been hard to argue against. The board and director and likely others at the time were all culpable for a pattern of abuse. This is harder to come to terms with though. I aged out almost 20 years ago and this happened before I was born. It's doubtful that anyone culpable for this incident is still involved with the corps in any way. This isn't going to punish anyone other than innocents and isn't going to protect any future kids from a similar incident. There is nothing that the corps could have done in my entire lifetime to prevent this outcome.
  9. Maybe they're cheaper than high schools + busses? No clue, just speculating
  10. If you're giving away a dollar just to save a max of 37 cents in taxes I would argue you are bad at math. Tax benefits are not a primary reason to donate, it's just a discount towards donating
  11. It's not really any of your business, but for the past ~20 years I've donated the same percentage of my income to various charities. When I started I took the standard deduction, then as my circumstances changed I eventually switched to Itemized deductions. The % I donated has stayed the same regardless of tax benefits though
  12. Most people aren't donating exclusively to lower their taxes
  13. I'll donate once more information about the plan going forward comes out. I did the bulk of my donation for the year before the season, but depending on the plan I'll probably donate more before the end of the year. I'll give directly through cadets.org though, not give Go Fund Me part of the money
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