fisky wrote:
TR. D. wrote:
Nice post. I wish you, your brother, and Frank the best.
+1
Best wishes, Scott.
Alright, hold on a minute. This guys offers the weakest "apology" possible, and you guys are tripping all over yourselves trying to treat him, his brother, and Frank Meza like the greatest guys in town?
Remember, this is a District Attorney (well, supposedly; I'd put the likelihood that this poster is really Scott Dominguez DDA at 50% or lower, but I'll proceed as if it is really him) who originally said:
"You can ask anybody on our team, from the number one Varsity runner (I never ran faster than the number three runner on Varsity), to the last kid on Frosh/Soph....Dr. Meza is FAST when it comes to long distances, and he doesn't cheat. PLEASE let your LA Times readers know that Dr. Meza's literally thousands of runners who he has coached will stand up and support him. He deserves better than the libel that has been posted by internet trolls who have nothing better to do, are uninformed, and are flat out wrong. I would welcome the opportunity to speak with you, provide any verification you may need and correct these very unfair and sad accusations against such a wonderful and positive influence for so many people."
and later...
"I do not have the time to respond to trolls at this point. Those guilty of slander will be held accountable and definitive proof showing Frank did in fact run the times in question will be released at the appropriate time."
and then....
"Derek, when you hear from me it will be through a deputy when he serves you."
OK, that last one sounds scarcely credible that it would come from an actual DA, but it is by the guy posting as "Scott Dominguez", which is in any case the guy some people seem to be wishing only the best.
OK, so that establishes that the guy was an unpleasant douche-bag who was proven to be completely wrong. He probably didn't have the foresight to see where things were headed, and how dumb he'd end up looking, when he originally sprang to Meza's defense. Eventually, because he holds a somewhat prestigious and public role, he felt the need (or was pressured) to apologize a little bit just to cover his butt. Now let's examine that apology:
- he starts out by with "Score one for the internet trolls"...wait, this is an apology? Can you possibly sound any more passive-aggressive? It sounds more like, he's being forced to apologize, but he can't quite squeeze out anything sincere.
- he continues in the same vein with "no way in hell am I reading the past 100 pages, I have better things to do". As in, you guys are idiots and losers for doing this; I, the great Scott Dominguez, would never stoop to such a pathetic activity as a way to waste my time; but in this case you got lucky and were right.
-then he points out that he was actually kind of right anyway, because, while "we all make mistakes" (and so, it follows, none of us loser internet trolls are ANY better than 10-year race cheat Frank Meza - we're all sinners), he's STILL A GREAT GUY, just like I said before. Charity and stuff...
Am I even reading the same "apology" as you guys, who just lap it up and wish him the best?
My response to Scott Dominguez is, screw you. You were wrong, you almost certainly knew you were wrong (or else you're surprisingly stupid for a lawyer), but tried to bully your way through it. You abused your position. You should be ashamed.
Of course, it probably wasn't really Scott Dominguez saying most of that stuff. But still. You get the idea...