السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بكم في أحكام SOS لتشاهد أن يتحدث about his duties and practices by his Eminence the Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadik Shirazi وهذا العام will be going through other Marajahs and also their verdicts in regards to Islamic law أنا حوز موسى إن شاء ومشاهدة شيخ عليما السلام عليكم شيخ ما السلام عليكم ورحمة الله شيخ ما we were discussing youth in the past couple episodes and I think one issue in regards to the youth and maybe it's because they're quite immature I was similar as well as an immature person was that you tend to sometimes look for faults in people and sometimes you want to highlight people's shortcomings has the Sayyid, has he actually addressed this issue of youth trying to find faults in people أعوذ بالله السميع العليم من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله على محمد وآله الطيبين الطهرين صلى الله عليه وسلم سماعة السيد النشي اللي تشاهد the Fatwa of the Sayyid he says that it is strictly prohibited and it's Haram to look into people's faults and wrongdoings and try to spread it especially today with the widespread of the social media and how for example rumors are spread through these media and how some people are exposed in their own homes and places in which they are worldwide exposed their pictures, their life for example, privacy so this is all wrong and it's Haram to expose someone's life, someone's fault someone who did a mistake or something wrong and then you try to spread this around the community the friends and so forth no of course we're not allowed into breaching the privacy of others you have your own life, let others have their own life and if there's something let's say in terms of the Shara'a Hukum there's something is committed Haram in the public place then you can come forward and speak about it and warn that individual and then talk to others that this individual is trying to spread this Haram or this act of sin within the community he wants to deviate the community for example the youth for example this is a different step that you can take but otherwise if I look with ill suspicion towards my fellow brothers then this will cause of course enmity, hatred even fight and Haram to each other and that's of course not allowed so what about you know sometimes someone might have made a mistake or may have sinned or something but then they've repented you know do we still have a right to discuss what happened and the actual situation in the event well it is not permissible again not allowed to raise such issues in which let's say were committed let's say a sin committed in privacy and that individual repented to Allah SWT and Allah is the one who accepts the repentance and he سبحانه وتعالى will conceal this sin which was committed by this servant of Allah on a day of judgment in a way that narration says that even Allah will make them like to forget that this individual committed the sin so how can we come forward and we try to expose this individual that this person in such a date in such a place committed such a great sin for example Allah SWT likes to protect the sanctity of the believer of the Mu'min to protect the sanctity to protect the Mu'min's privacy so we're not allowed we have no permission to come forward and expose what others did for example in their privacy be it a sin or something else شاكنا living here in the west you know we have a lot of nicknames for one another and the youth always coming up with new and inventive ways to you know label and call their peers if one does not consent to a nickname are we allowed to actually use that name to identify him or her no it's again not permissible people are respected by their names we call them by their names by their surnames the names in which they like to be called sometimes the لقب for example أبو أحمد أبو محمد and so forth otherwise we can't I remember when I was young some used to call their friends with the nicknames of for example some celebrities or some individuals who had some kind of bad acts and attributes I don't want to mention what kind of attributes so no it's not right it's not allowed for the one to talk about others in this way and the Quran mentions that don't use such names there's a clear verse in the whole Quran بقسم الفصوق بعد الإيمان don't mention such names in which are out of the belief that's what the physical means out of the belief out of the إيمان شخنة we discussed marriage and the importance of youth getting married and we discussed the culture of marriage and how it's changed since the time of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم but what about when one comes to the west sometimes it's difficult if you live in a remote area where there's not many Muslims and so forth are the youth allowed to marry now it could be permanent or fixed term temporary can one youth to temporary marriage or marriage with some of them اهل كتاب I know I thought the Sistani has something in regards to this فتوة what does he say well according to I told the Sistani his Fatwa that for a Muslim he is allowed to get married to اهل كتاب who are the Christian and Jews the females in a fixed and temporary term that is allowed however as an obligatory precaution احتياط و جوبي not to get married to them as indefinite and long term marriage that's the issue with اهل كتاب temporary yes long term no as an obligatory precaution however I told the Shirazi حفظ الله would say that it is permissible provided that the marriage is done through the correctly either by the two sides or by representing somebody to read the the Imam or the and so forth and of course the said mentions that with regard to marrying to the other than the اهل كتاب we're not allowed to get married either fixed or long term marriage and so with this regard we cannot get married to those who for example don't believe in the old or new testimony the books of the holy books the Christian and the Jews other than those religions and other than the اهل كتاب the one cannot get married to any other religions and faiths احسنت شرخنا in regards to coming towards the west sometimes due to you know politics there is you know like a campaign towards Muslims which is not a positive one you know it was quite famous in the USA Muslims have a bad name also here in London we've had a rise in Islamophobia so what are the duties of the youth when it comes to you know Islam being attacked by non-Muslims what is the duties of these youth living here in the west according to سمحة السيد he would say that it is obligatory for the youth to defend Islam whenever it is attacked by those who did not understand the Islam correctly from inside out they just followed the media coverage against Islam those who are ignorant about Islam so it is our responsibility and obligation as youth for example to respond back to those who attack Islam and raise doubts and suspicions and we try to respond to these suspicions and doubts in which they try to spread and propagate in social media and the news media and so forth شكرا we discussed health amongst the youth and one great way of being healthy is actually to participate in sports the Olympic Games is this Islamically is this permissible you see the Olympic Games and such like games sports which are number one performed in the stadiums for example and number two are shown on the screens around the world to watch them or to participate in them you have to make sure that there is no haram involved in either watching or participating yourself inside the stadium or behind the screens because sometimes you see that there are participants in the sports activities from both genders mainly female and if the female is not wearing properly appropriately the male cannot watch and see the activities of that sports and likewise if the male is not wearing the clothes appropriately then the same thing applies to the females they can't watch this male who is playing sports so it depends if there is a haram scenes then you cannot watch or participate sometimes they ask the female participant to wear a specific clothes and she's a Muslim she came from a Muslim country then she's not allowed to participate in this case because it's haram she has to take part of their clothes or to wear very tight clothes so the rule is you have to go back to the haqam if there is a haram you can't if there's no a haram issue let's say the old gents the old male and there's no issue about the clothing or other haram accident that's fine شهر what about because I know from the history of رسول الله from the sealer he was very keen on wrestling and he encouraged wrestling swimming horse riding wrestling even boxing very popular today are these permissible? again we go back to the issue if there is any haram involved in these sports again if there is a severe harm to the bodily harm to that individual through wrestling or through boxing then that's an issue we have to consider that causes for example death that's another issue we have to consider there has been cases of boxing this is the thing early as well if there is a bodily harm then that's another issue that the Ulama discuss about this kind of activities however if there is no harm then they can watch and participate that's fine again same questions the previous question you asked here in the west especially here in the UK football is one of the most prominent and most popular sports are we allowed to participate especially when there is like a competition and there is prize money available or like each individual receives some sort of gift what do you see if the prize is paid by third party not the players themselves there is a third party there is I don't know a sponsor sponsors or whoever the companies whoever sponsoring this game if it's paid by them that's fine but if it's paid by the players themselves by the two sides then it becomes harm so we have to see the scenarios and the cases so if there's two teams both let's say put in 50 pound each winner takes 100 pounds this is haram that's better you can't participate in such a game exactly yes it has to be paid by third party you mentioned within sport that because women wear certain clothing it's haram for the male to watch that sport what about in terms of like non-hijab in schools sometimes you know there's teachers some of them are young some of them don't wear hijab you know and the boys are forced to participate in the lesson is it permissible for them to to look and to participate in the lesson or should they refrain from going to the lesson well the sage says if she is a non-muslim initially and the one who is looking is not looking with lust with shahua he's looking just to get the information from the teacher and of course there's no alternative sometimes you're given options you know you have a male teacher and a female teacher and you can't choose the male but you just ignore it because the female is better for example no there's no alternative that's your teacher that's it no option and also they say it says that there is no objection if it is restricted to the minimum requirement so if it is just a requirement of seeking the knowledge of getting the information this much it would be fine otherwise it's a مشكل so you keep it to the minimum requirement so you don't just stare and look continuously so you look to the requirement of your need in your study to participate just to participate so don't stare and keep looking because the one might fall into the last temptation I mean there's also an issue of like you said for youth to free mix and to have the proper achlach when there's free mixing going on sometimes there's maybe maybe it's innocent maybe it's not I'm not sure but there's like joking with the non-mahram teasing one another playfully because you know especially boys when they're young they tease one another it's just how they get along and it's all fun and games sometimes females get involved or sometimes it's you know directed towards females non-mahram water fights the boys will be throwing water one each other especially on a hot day and then one of their friends who's a female a female colleague you know they may spray a little bit of water on her is this is this achlach acceptable these are the tools and the means of of satan in which it can penetrate through the hearts of the youth and and grab them towards the committing of haram because the end result would be some kind of relationships now we don't want to go too much on further but these are all the key towards the vice-acts at the end of the day so the Islam from the day one and first step tells the and the moment to stay away from such acts and such relationships so you stay away you respect the opposite gender as a colleague as a fellow student in the class that's it to go more than that it will initiate problems شرع problems and maybe consequences thank you very much شيخنا and thank you to all our viewers for joining us on this episode of حقام SOS if you have a question you'd like to send in towards the شيخ please contact us on حقام SOS A-H-K-A-M-S-O-S at Imam Hussein.TV until next time السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


I'm Vishalakshmi from Fiji. I was suffering from pituitary tumor for nearly a year which Fiji was unable to cure it or let me know how to cure it. And then I tried to, I went to Dr. Ryan in Fiji and he told me to contact Manipal Hospital. Through Shashank and team, I contacted Manipal Hospital and they told me that I have to come and see Dr. Alora Saxela who will advise me further on my pituitary tumor. So I came all the way from Fiji to India and met Dr. Alora Saxela.  And on Thursday, 13th April, my surgery was done and it was very successful. The doctors looked after me very well from ICU till the room, the service of the room and the doctor service was very well in Manipal Hospital. After that, I had to come for checkups, daily checkups. In that time too, everybody looked after me very well and I am recovering well. I thank Manipal Hospital for looking after me. I came very far from Fiji, but everybody over here was so friendly and thank you Manipal once again. Mrs. Vishal Ashmi was referred to us from Fiji. She came with headaches and persistent and progressive loss of vision. Her vision in the right eye was completely gone and left eye was also showing signs of decreased vision. The scans done in Fiji showed that there was a tumor sitting in the cell region of the brain which is a region where pituitary gland is situated. So this region is very important region because any growth in this region will cause direct compression and damage to the optic nerves or the nerves which are responsible for the vision which goes from your eyes to brain.  She underwent an endoscopic surgery for removal of this tumor. It was done through the nose. So this is called as an endoscopic trans nasal surgery. This kind of surgeries are normally done under computer or neuro navigation guidance to increase the safety and efficacy. The scope is introduced through the nose and we go to the skull base and we take this tumor out. In the way when the tumor is removed, the compression on the nerves is released and we are able to save the vision of the patient. Now this surgery went absolutely well. She has done really well. Her vision has improved significantly in the left eye and there is some improvement in the right eye as well. She was discharged without any complications and she is doing really well. I wish her all the best for her future.


who's still trapped on the rubble of the collapsed skyscraper by Lengos. Emergency responders say six people dead and four currently in hospital. We'll be talking to the spiritual leader and founder of one love family, Sathgu Maraji, this morning about the state of Maju. I would also take a look at the major stories on the front pages of the dailies. They're dominated by the collapse of the 21-story building in Lengos. Good morning and welcome to the breakfast on Plus TV Africa. A Tuesday morning, the first official first day of November, is it? Second day of November. And it's the first Tuesday. Don't worry, I know how it feels. First Tuesday of November, my bad. I've been under the weather. Anyway, good morning. Thanks for joining us. I am Osalgi Ogboon. And I am Messi Ogbo. As always, of course, we start with the major stories making headlines across Nigeria today. One of them that you can't miss, of course, is the collapse of the 21-story building here in Lengos, around the Iqoi, I think Gerard area, Iqoi in Lengos. Shocking, very, very shocking news yesterday. And of course, from the live feed that we got and from our correspondent who was also on ground yesterday, it was a very, very, very painful situation. Sadly, there's different angles that we, of course, would love to talk about and hope that there's more people rescued from the reports. It says about six people have been confirmed to have been victims and to have died. Yes. Some quotas are reporting for, others are saying for, rescued for dead. And I still think because that's a very, very, you know, huge one. So it's going to take a lot of time. So I'm sure that as we proceed in the course of the day, we'll definitely see how the figures rolling and all of that. But you have the figures not really tallying from different quotas.  Now, I don't know if you actually seen the reports. There's a report saying that, you know, the Lengos agency is saying, oh yes, approval was given for the construction. Approval was given for 15th story, you know, to be erected. And then we have 21 story. But the problem, you know, the question now is the Lengos building control agency is vested with that responsibility of monitoring and enforcing building control regulations. So how, because it feels like, okay, yes, we approve 15 for you and you have 21.  We wouldn't have all of this. So now you're saying, oh, we give them approval for 15 and then they have 21 story. Well, I'm sure that. So what I expect is, you know, in a sane society and expect that Lengos will be able to bring out some sanity in itself in order to investigate this properly. I hope that they will be able to, you know, bring out the truth and let us know if they truly approve just 15 and they pushed all the way to 17 or to 21. That's one. And if they went ahead to seek approval for 21 later on and it was granted because now everyone is going to try and act innocent like, oh, we only approve 15. But, you know, we'd like to know if they also went ahead to seek, you know, further approval to push for 21 story building and the Lengos state government granted that approval. I remember that there's also a letter that shows the structural consultants pulling out sometime in February 2020, saying that they no longer wanted to be associated with it. They probably had seen some things that weren't, you know, proper and they decided instead of them to be, you know, caught in the mess they would rather pull out. So there's a lot of questions to be asked. I remember also sometime last year the Lengos state government did stop construction in that building. But according to that, it says it's really because of the building approval and some other things, not necessarily because of the structure. They eventually continued after it was suspended. These questions need to be asked. Lives have been lost, you know, whether VIPs or laborers, it doesn't matter, they're Nigerian lives that have been lost. Some of the other questions that need to be asked is really, and it's something that I believe that we need to question more now, if these places where these skyscrapers are being built are really meant to be for skyscrapers or not. And the reason I'm asking this, yesterday I was in Iqoi for about two hours, stuck in traffic because of this thing. The Commissioner of Police had walked past because he also couldn't pass. The whole of the place was blocked. He couldn't pass. He had to find his way and walk past all the traffic to get to the scene of the incident. There wasn't any way in those one hour, 30 minutes to two hours that I was there that there was no rescue vehicle that could pass at that time. There was nothing. There was zero, not even a little tractor could pass anywhere to get to that incident. And that's one of the things that I'm talking about here because this is someone who put out a very, very long thread on social media about it, that it took about three hours before there was any actual truck or rescue vehicle. And like you have rightly mentioned, this should not just be another case, because first of all, this is not the first time we're having buildings collapse in leaguers.  You want to go on from 2016 or 2014, you know, you have series of all of this building that has actually gone down. But, you know, it brings me back to bodies because we do not live in a society where there's no law. I mean, we're governed by laws and we have bodies, and that's why we have the government. And so the question now would also be the legal, state, physical planning, permittal authority, you are asking who should that place been approved in the first instance for such, you know, structure to be erected. So the question is who gave the permit. Already, you also have the other body saying, oh, we approve 15. It therefore shows that, you know, there's a lot that we just, we don't pay attention to things. I'm sure that before any structure has been erected, professionals will tell you that, you know, some environmental impact assessment should be carried out. And this is actually given in every scene and, you know, civil society. It is really quite very sad, it's saddening to me because I know that a lot of people who left their houses, you know, don't know how to echo leaving.  Do you know how many persons that are trapped in that particular space as we speak right now? It could be anyone. And we cannot constantly just, you know, act randomly like we don't care about the lives of people. So I'm hoping that this also would not just be another collapse building and then we're not doing anything because for every time we have a structure collapse, we're thinking that people should, you know, pay for it. You know, be apprehended. Someone should be arrested. Something should go on. And then there should be a lesson learned. What are we doing to ensure that this does not happen in the future? So it's really sad. We'll see how it goes. And there's also reports, really sad reports that the owner of the building itself was, you know, there when it happened and, you know, might very likely want to be people who is trapped or who, of course, they are going to be trying to create a really sad aspect. Really sad. Because of all the days for the building to collapse, it has to be a day when he himself went there for inspection. So hopefully there will be answers and we'll get to figure out whose fault it really was. Whose lapses, you know, led to the collapse of that building, whose structural, you know, deficiencies led to the collapse of that building, whose stop on head maybe led to the collapse of that building. $5 million for an apartment and $5 million for the penthouse. Did you also see the video that surfaced yesterday where I don't know if that's the owner actually saying, oh, oh, this is the best place to be best contractors because the contractors were actually foreigners and they are the best in the world and this is what we're getting. But I'm hoping that, like you have mentioned, people will be held accountable for this particular action. Absolutely. And rest in peace with those lives the rescue efforts continue and they are able to save, actually save more lives that are trapped under that rubble. Would continue to report our reporters will continue to of course bring your feedback from E.C.O.E. the part of Lagos to let you know exactly what is going on on Gerard Street. Stay with us. All right, our next top trend in the story is moving to, well, Anambra State where a popular billionaire businessman, Obi Kuban as it's popularly called has, according to reports, been questioned, not necessarily arrested, but has been questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering charges and whatnot. For a lot of people who have responded to this, it says really that well, you know, this was meant to happen at some point. I'm just sharing some of the reactions that I've seen, you know, those people who've said, well, this was going to happen at some point. Why, because of the party?  There's also the arguments and I'm, to be honest, I'm really just sharing the views from other people that I've seen. There's also those who have said that it's not necessarily him, you know, being a gazillion billion, Richard and Jeff Bezos is, you know, all the wealth that was shown, you know, in his mother's burial was really just, you know, people coming to appreciate him because of the number of years that he's assisted them and he has been there for them or whatnot. But anyway, this is that the EFCC has, you know, of course invited Obi Kuban as his public court for questioning over alleged money laundering. There's really nothing wrong if you're invited for questioning as a matter of fact, I think he actually put himself out not necessarily that he knew this was going to happen but of course questioning. So Matt, because also if you want to also look at the issue of money laundering, there's Money Laundering Prohibition Act which makes that illegal. So it's an illegal crime. If it's been found guilty, I'm sure that the law would take its cause but his question, even though some courters are saying oh, he was arrested, he was arrested, it's okay. We've seen this is not the first time an individual is invited for questioning by the EFCC. We've seen, you know, governors, former governors, we've seen wives of governors and what have you, the least is endless, including yourself could be invited someday. I hope I'm right. He said you hope you're rich enough. Maybe someday he could put out some stunt. I hope I'm rich enough to be considered.  He's had a bragging rise. So I hope I'm rich enough for our EFCC. Please invite me, all right. But I also mentioned, you know, that there's people who have also said that this could also be related to the NABRA elections. Oh no. Can we just even take a break? I mean, because of sponsorship, you know, so people, this is, I'm really, I'm just sharing what actually happened. No, no, I totally understand. Because I also saw some of those reactions. Well, let's find out who we, very likely will be sponsoring for the NABRA elections. Not supporting, not necessarily sponsoring but supporting the NABRA elections that, you know, all this might just be... But, you know, my major concern is, you know, for every time we have something happening in Nigeria, we always seem to. I'm not saying that, you know, there could be some element that we're not able to verify all of that. I mean, it just leaves it at hearsay and all of that. And hearsay cannot be taken at this point. This is just speculation.  I mean, I never thought about that. Who could even be thinking about it? It's a trauma response. It's a trauma response from what we've seen as Nigerians. From experiences that we've had in the past. That's really what it is. Nobody, nobody just... These theories don't come out of the gutter. And then some people are also saying, oh yes, this is from the South East. This also could just be, you know, another witch hunt and all of that and what have you. But really, like I mentioned earlier on, I think that's nothing really wrong if you're... Anyone could be questioned. Anyone could be invited. I mean, to ask, how are you making your money? We suspect XYZ. And he's innocent until being proven guilty by a court of competence and jurisdiction. Time will tell. Time will tell, absolutely. The final thing, I think we can just quickly rush through this. A guy called Adam Zujou who has also been declared wanted this time by Interpol for fraud after setting up an investment company. This happens every two weeks, so every four market days if we have been honest with ourselves. Set up an investment company called Adi Finance and Investment Limited and, of course, allegedly has run away with billions of investors funds. The crime or the people who eventually have gotten him invited by the Interpol claim that he defrauded him of $52 million and $28,000. But this, I believe, or from what the story is saying, is really just a tip of the iceberg or just really a little pinch out of the amount of money that he's alleged to have run away with. There are certain investment companies in the country today that I believe that if you're not...  Because some of all these extras by these random Nigerians that nobody knows where they came from, the Adams or Jews and the Gloria O'Saiys and the guys that we spoke about two weeks ago that are in Panama or some random country now. Have they been found there? Yeah, I think there's some random country trying to be citizens and never come back to Nigeria. Oh, wow. If you keep... put your money in those places owned by these random people, that I have members of your church. Oh, what are you saying? Okay. But this is what I have to say. I mean, whether they are members of your church or not, it's important that you seek some sort of financial education. I would always say that. It's okay to say, I want to invest my money, but before you invest your money, please do your due diligence. You need to investigate. You need to find that. And you know, because we're not in that society where you would want to say, okay, I need to pay a consultant. Because at some point you need to just consult and there's someone you need to just pay a fee. So just give you all of that advice and all of that. So you don't become a victim of all of this fraudulent element out there. I don't think everybody can afford a consultant and at the same time, I think there's people who actually do ask questions before they put money in these same fraudulent schemes. It doesn't seem fraudulent at first. But don't trust anybody with glasses and a bow tie that attends your church. But you have one. Or tattoo neck, sorry. Stay with us. We'll take a short break while we come back. After press, who begins and we get to look at the major stories, making headlines across Nigeria today. We'll be back.


Jumping off the porch like mom's not home A question from Seth, a lawyer, who looks like he's gonna be in the Yale Class of 2022 Oh, congrats, Seth Seth, you better be coming to Bulldog Days, we'll be here We will, find us Yes Um, hey Josh, I got a question for you, what are some things you don't like about Yale? Ooh, what don't I like? This could be a video in itself Yeah, there's a lot of things that people aren't huge fans of Yeah, you wanna... Um... You go first, I got an idea of a couple of things Um, what don't I like? I know shopping period is popular, but I'm not a huge fan I'm not saying that they should take it away, but I think there's this big pressure to shop like all of the classes possible Like that's supposed to be the norm, the purpose Um, and I think it's like a good idea to sort of get a sense for what you wanna take But don't linger too much Yeah Um, I think just kind of, I guess that's like a wishy-washy answer, not a very good one You might have something more So for shopping period I guess, if you like heard anything about it, it's like the first two weeks You can like go and take any classes you want Which is true, but they're not telling you everything The thing is, first of all, these classes are signing work from day one And you have to do the work if you're not attending it Yeah, so if you're shopping for the two weeks, but if you're shopping eight classes Then you're literally doing homework for eight classes the first night Right Which is insane Um, and then second of all, for a lot of classes, if you don't show up continuously And stay on the list for the class, you'll get kicked out Right Which means that if you wanna shop a class that happens to be at the same time as another class You can't shop both Yeah, so it's not as inviting as they might lead you to believe, unfortunately Yeah, um, my biggest thing that I don't like about Yale this semester is the fact that they closed Commons It has literally led to every single big problem this semester Like the great ticket scalping of the freshman or first- Let's start at the beginning Let's start at the beginning Um, first of all, the freshman holiday dinner I think that was the first The one that happened at Yale on York Yeah, so the first-year holiday dinner is supposed to be this grand like Harry Potter-esque dinner that They're bringing food on, uh, what was the word, a parade of food? A parade of food, right? Comestibles We've even commestibles A parade of commestibles, indeed Um, but uh, it's normally in Commons, which is like the biggest like dining hall on campus It just closes this year, unfortunately But like normally there's big long tables, like you can literally sit like the whole freshman class Or like half the class, I forgot Um, and it's- it's crazy Like I've heard wonderful things about it But this year, um, it was in the basement of some building on York Street Less than impressive There were no seats, everyone was standing, the food wasn't very good They threw away like tons of food Yeah, it was wasteful Like my- I stayed there for like 30 minutes, uh, talked to some friends And then left and went back and ate at my residential college Because honestly their dinner was better Yeah, so that was underwhelming And then what are the next problem? Next problem was, uh, what? The first-year dance First-year formal? Yeah Yeah First-year formal Yeah So normally they would hold the first-year formal for the entire first-year class And they would hold it in Commons Once again Which had space enough to accommodate probably 2,000 people and there were only Yeah 1,300 But now our class was close to 1,700 And Commons is close, so they hosted the Omni Hotel downtown, which is nice But only had space for, was it 800 people? Yeah Maybe 900 So not everyone was able to go There was a black market for ticket sales Where people were making a lot of money Uh, shout out to those people for being economically savvy But it was a- it was a bit of a rough time Yeah, pretty much I don't know how you can have a first-year formal and only have room for like a little over half Yeah It does not work out so well Uh, but yeah People were literally selling their tickets for like $100 Yeah Like the night of And they purchased them for 12? Yeah, they were $12 tickets And they're selling them on the Facebook page for like Yeah It was a mess So that's- that's one thing that I don't like Let's just hate on Yale Let's just keep it going Let's just keep- um, this- yeah Maybe I'll just make this a video by itself All right Hating on Yale We've got a laundry list of dates and births in the semester Oh, oh yeah And then the other big thing about Commons is just the fact that we don't have Commons to eat at Yeah There are a lot of crowded dining halls Especially during lunch rush hour Like 1 o'clock Pretty much every day A lot of dining halls are chock-full It's hard to get a seat Yeah, Commons apparently used to be- I mean we weren't here But we've been told We've heard of legends Yes, the Commons used to be the place everyone would go for lunch Because they had like more like Just general like food And they had a ton of space for everyone to eat And the- even like the residential college dining halls were less crowded, right?  You don't need to see it Yeah Any other problems with Yale? Otherwise, yeah Kind of beef right now Things have been cool It's just cold I don't like the cold at all Yeah Why does Yale have to be in New York? Why can't Yale be in- Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers, Florida Shoutout- shoutout- shoutout- two-three-nine gang represent It's just warm up there down there and it's very cold up here Yeah I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt underneath this jacket, which is unfair That- yeah I don't- That should not be a thing No, it shouldn't, especially yeah It's already March It's practically spring So shopping period Commons closing Winter Winter I mean, otherwise I have no major problems Yeah, no, we- like honestly, I love it here Look, I just want to say something to Yale Look, you're doing great, okay? Sure, we've all got our shortcomings Sometimes things get tough Sometimes you got to close the building And that's okay, we understand We understand It's not- it's not a pro- it's not you, it's us, honestly No, it's everyone Yeah, sorry No, but don't get me wrong, I love Yale Like this past year has probably been best year of my life I think I can say that for sure Pretty fantastic Yeah, it's been amazing I love it here I love the people here Henderson included Cool, thank you so much And then- yeah So I think this is gonna be a video by itself Dude, dude Yeah What we- what we hate about Yale Oh, and then in the thumbnail it would be just like Can we get a thumbnail shot right now? Yeah Oh, yes Of just us being like Awesome Yes, clickbait on the way Clickbait, there we go All right, thank you guys for watching us hate on Yale I thought that was pretty productive Yeah, sometimes it's cathartic to just get- let your feelings out Yeah Yeah So make sure you like and Subscribe Subscribe if you're new, right? Yes As I'm new If you ever want to see Henderson again You're gonna have to subscribe Please And I know you want to see Henderson again I need this, okay?  Yeah, I eat Chicken Dinner Thursday there Chicken Dinner Thursday Oh, that's the one thing Yale Dining, all right Okay, okay, all right Let's keep it going I feel bad because we were supposed to close But one bone to pick Yale Dining Sometimes the options are a little less than impressive Everything sounds fancy It does There was Rosemary Rubbed Lamb Shoulder Dinner the other night But does it really taste like Rosemary Rubbed Lamb Shoulder? It tastes like beef, Josh Why don't they just get beef?  Riddle me that, YouTube Comment below why people- Mushroom Yeah, that's right I'm just- Just start the fire Yeah, exactly I'm starting a riot Oh, yeah Yale Dining They generally do okay Yes They've got lots of options and lots of cereal I'm a big cereal fan Oh yeah And they've got Honey Nut Cheerios They've got Frost Flakes But sometimes I just want a simple chicken tender Thursday Or sometimes- Chicken tender like maybe every week You know Maybe twice a week The more chicken tenders the merrier Like what if we just had an option of chicken tenders and fries like every day That's another thing No french fries Like ever Sometimes they have sweet potato fries Which like they're not bad But they're not french fries Yeah, it's just weird like potato dishes Yes Sometimes they're not even potato It's like fried yucca Yeah What's up with that? It's a lot easier to find potatoes than yucca in my personal experience Oh, look who's texting now What's that? Uh-oh, we're gonna have to censor the vid I'll just blur it Yeah We've got to put a rental advisory on this video Oh man Because Cam was bearing all Sweetmate bears all and telling Q&A That's right She's so bad No, he's good He's actually been in the back of the video for 10 minutes now Really good He tops up every few So we really need to close that Yeah, okay, this is the video Okay, like, subscribe, comment down below what you thought Or if you want to say hi Or any questions you have for either of us And I will see you again in a couple of days with another video If you want any more Can I do it? You got it


Going on everyone Sam here with late sports cards. We change this title really quick rip in 23. Penini Chronicles Baseball hobby 8 box break number 12 picker team style reoffalists for names of our teams Brianna with the Mariners Kato H Philly's Cardinals Chris B with the twins Daniel Y Padres Reyes Edward P with the Red Sox Suki M with the Astros George S. Guardians Glen Kay Yanks Rockies E and J White Sox Angels Jacob C Marlins and Blue J's James S. Cubs Jerry B with the Mets John C Pirates Joshua B Giants A's Orioles Leone G with the Nats Mitch D Braves Paul B Royals Brewers Roy M with the Rangers Ryan B Dodgers Sean P with the Diamondbacks Takumi O Reds and Travis M with the Tigers. So good luck here. Everybody. Let's do it again two to go on that Certified number two. I'm gonna start dropping the link to number three one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve to go on Number three everyone twelve to go on number three on certified Number three Here we go. Let's do some Chronicles Raiders number seven the Raiders are available. It's the only one where the Raiders are available number seven Raiders if you'd like them. All right. Well, good luck here. Everybody Roy Campanella to 100. Got Jackson Holiday for the Orioles Melendez Wade Boggs Jose Ramos Harry Ford Got your Raiders. No problem buddy. No problemo Boys of summer Wilmer Flores nice one there to 25 for the Tigers Congrats Tagas Zack Neto Tyler Locklear Robin yant in one marriage show South Freilich to 50 I just remembered I forgot to do the random for the last one So just write a sticky note and just said just says like random or something just put it right there and then We'll do we'll do the random in the video for this one. Just make a separate for the ones last one to 25 Just go tell whoever's sorting it really quick In case for the non rate link for a nice one there to 150 Yes, just for the Cardinals just tell them like we forgot to do the random We're gonna do it and we'll send a sticky note out They shouldn't it shouldn't be sorted by the time we're done to 100 or Elvis Martinez base and base Yeah, I got you Raiders Redemption is Grayson Rodriguez origins rookie signatures gold going to the Orioles. There you go, Joshua nice redemption there, buddy to 99 Mason win Harry Ford in Hayden Wallace To 199 Ken Griffey Jr. And Nolan Ryan to 99. That's one there. I'll do it for box uno Walter Ford a red foil to 100 got Yiddie Cappy to 99 for the Marlins That's Marlins Martinez red Steve Carlton and Addison Barger Cluel Watson for the Marlins to a 69 nice That's on that one's all good Who's sorting it? Beautiful We're really flying through sorting that wild bro Tyler Gentry Joe Girardi to 199 Jacob Barry for the Marlins nice one there to 99 congrats on that Marlins to 99 Justin K with a mixer spot and Email got deleted it is Carl. Let's go Carl With the Patriots and number three. Hell yeah, Carl. That's who it was. Thank you Carl Appreciate you brother Jared Mackenzie to 99 and Wilmer Flores We're down to 11 ago in number three now everybody 11 ago in number three Drew Gilbert Jackson Cheerio Live on-card Jackson Cheerio. We got to love that man. Yeah Mark T picking up the Jags and three four and five. Let's go mark. Thank you mark No, our sorters and shippers don't mess around man To 199 David Ortiz Henry Davis and Tucker Tillman The message I might order has already been shifted day after my origins break exactly. That's what I'm saying That's what I'm saying Marley. That's what I'm saying Kate Horton and Red Barry Larkin to 199 Noel V. Marte for the Reds to 99 on-card as well. I made his debut this year. Congrats Reds Base that is a Masataki Yoshida to 25 on the purple to 25 is Henry Davis as well in Marcelo Meyer Red Jose Rodriguez the other J rod for the White Sox to 100 got Ellie on the gold standard Jersey Cart for the Reds Merrill Maya base and base Thanks Raiders appreciate your brother. Thank you. Thank you Elijah Green got a redemption Henry Davis future King signatures go into the Pirates very nice. I appreciate that very much Justin K with a TC sapphire spot tomorrow and Matthew with the Titans and four. Thank you Matthew G Jose can say go to 99 and Masataka Yoshida base base origins Kyle Manzardo to 49 a lot of silver ink in this case man. Congrats on that raise love that Love it. Love it. Love it Jim Rice base that is a Red Colson Montgomery to 199 and Ricky Tiedemann psychedelic Tom Sieber for the Mets this one there Mets Harry Ford Alvarez Fred Lynn and Addison Barger to 99 Boggs base and Pete Carr Armstrong to 25 Alright, let's keep it moving here everybody. Oh Okay, good. Awesome. There we go Mitchell Redemption worked. We're good. Hell. Yeah. All right. That's good. That's good to know that's good to know Sebastian a with the Packers in 15 and 16 of certain a lot of certified PYT is listed right now Hey, thank you there mark gift another membership. That is a Jackson Meryl nice one there to 99 future Kings Hey, Scott just became a member. Awesome. Thank you mark To 199 a Relevance Martinez a little bit of chipping on that or like appeal So we'll send an empty box and wrapper with the blue jays. Sorry about that Toronto. It'd be a good guy here I know dude the freakin what's it called the stocks are insane on this one I knew Erie Perez and Brandon Fock to 10 nice one there in the gold congrats on that. Yeah, dude I'm really excited for the first certified. I can't wait. I love certified keep saying that but I really do genuinely enjoy it Ripken and South Fraley to 99 Lane and Matt are over on fanatics live as well. Everybody ripping some Four boxers PYT style as well to 100 Jim Edmonds who's a Reyes for the Mets game used Jersey And Colson Montgomery that is jet Williams for the Mets jet the Met nice one there congrats Mets On the obsidian auto Andy Pajes to 100 to 199 Henry Bolt for the A's No, no, how's it going? How you doing, buddy? Yeah, certifies one of my favorites mark it always has been Ever since I was younger Dustin Harris to 35 on the orange obsidian auto for the Rangers congrats, Texas And she raised with the Vikings in two. I think we're down to just a one team in two now Just the Rams in number two everyone just the Rams in number two Noma 10 for the Red Sox and base and red Jim Tomay to Let me look at this really quick Yeah, Puka Nakua has Two autos in that set so the Rams are very worth it at 59 with Puka Nakua autos That's only like his outside of draft and black. I don't think he's got any ink right now I think that's it for Nakua. I don't think he's in anything outside of those two Yeah, and then you have jaren hall to and then the Panthers you have young and mingo Yeah, Vikings are really good in that how you Lee nice one there for the Philly's to ten six of ten silver ink RPA You Lee really going downhill from the conju signature Del Amador to 199 and Jordan Lauer Pump it laula pump it laula That's Jackson sherry out to 99 Nice one there congrats on that brew crew forget what break it was But Jake was here and your dad was top what he goes I was like I we got to do it if you pull a lullar and we pull the lullar out and I go pump it He goes laula write your dad's ear to 199 is kuma rocker.  I'm trying to work here till Murphy babies Oh, he'd be pissed right now. He'd be pissed right now Nate. There's Roberto Clemente. He'd be so pissed J. Ritchie to 50 cutter coffee and red Nolan Ryan to 199 Yeah, he'd be livid right now at that one Trevor Hoffman to 25 for the Padres Yeti no capy to at 99 for the Marlins on the gold standard Jersey Joseph with the Rams. Thank you buddy in number three Chris B with the Vikings in number three. Thank you guys Appreciate that Mitchell and Chris to 99 Tyler Gentry and Frank Thomas Again just the Rams left in number two. That is it.  No worries Mitchell. You're good. No worries makes number three easier to fill now So no, don't worry about that at all man You are good. No apologies the inner Diaz Mazurowski Kirby Puckett to 40 to 50 for the twins that is to 10 Stay unusual stand the man for the Cardinals. Nice one there. I'm so pumped for it Raiders I cannot wait for certified Joe Maurer to 99 game used for the twins Catfish and a base and sheets to Roma Kevin Alcantara to 49 for the Cubbies on card future Kings on Now I gotta put crown Roy Allen this year last year was like the big RPAs respect William Kempner Spencer Jones obsidian auto for the Yankees Bill Mazurowski to 99 Siva wit and trim. It's like we do have points Unfortunately made our way throughout the entire first half of the case with no points. So random to all at the end Ken Griffey to 199 Dylan beavers to 199 Bobby wit and then Pete Rose orange to at 75 Right up to all at the end on the points So we'll do the same random for the points in the non MLB card. So two different people will get something extra Instead of it potentially going to just one person. So a little bit more fair We'll do the random for the other one as well later on Number three one two three four five six seven seven to go and number three everybody seven to go and certify number three Seven to go seven to go James Wood for the Nats nice one there to 99 Congrats Washington blue Colby Thomas to 99 and Joe Maurer We've got redemption of Jordan Walker America's pastime characters of the game signature gold to 10 Congrats cardinals. That's nasty, man That is freaking awesome Cardinals That's on that STL Jordan Walker Brady house cheer no Mason win to 199 and Raleigh fingers or Elvis Martinez to 199 red Andy Rodriguez to 100 got Ellie De La Cruz status swatches for the Reds Not numbered Oh my god He's digging for gold up there, man. God. He's going in on that tissue look at him. He's still going.  Hold on everybody. We're staring at Matt. Hold on at Bofa He's out to now. Oh and Murphy America's best to one Find anything good up there What are you doing standing over blowing your nose and everything God, man. Yeah, he actually is washing his hands surprisingly I've never heard of 199 and joke for a kid man. He just walked out of the bathroom one day And I just it's now it's just caught on Geez man, jayce young and red of Cecil fielder to 199. That's so funny Mark with the Rams in two sold out on two. Thank you mark Appreciate that buddy. Let me see you had a couple other orders come in this one It's a safe. Thank you to Jonathan with a bunch of random teams tonight. Thank you, buddy. Appreciate that Alright, let's keep moving Last box of the break now everyone blue Babe Ruth 25 for the Yanks got Dustin Pedroia Nice one there for the game the Red Sox PD Now No, this is Chronicles baseball the first break of certified is coming next Mike. It's coming next Curtis me nice one there to 199 for the race Jayce young to 99 got Brooks Lee to a five for the twins. There you go twins. Nice one there David Cohn to 199 and Evan Carter and Jack Leiter to at 199. Oh Gold vinyl Gold vinyl that one last of course. Hell. Yeah, dude. Let's go Polmero Taj Bradley Kevin Perrata. That is Harry Ford to 199. Come on, baby. Let's see something big Kim Collier Bubba Chandler Jamie Fox and Rod Carew, that's awesome. Thank you. Going to the twins. Nice one Minnesota one of one Gold vinyl Minnesota. Yeah, dude. Really sick one there. Congrats twins I've Minnesota in this one. Let's see It's gonna be and of course, I cannot locate them Chris be let's go Chris. Oh, yeah, man one of one, baby Yeah Pete Hansen Lance Berkman three of five for the Astros that's freaking cool, dude America's best Lance Berkman. That's so cool. One of the three killer bees Very nice. Congrats on that one at Houston. I'm very jealous of that I'm gonna get a Berkman auto now. I just saw that one and A thickie to end us here everybody It is gonna be Evan Carter on the RPA and I saw in there to 75 Congrats and they have big Puma. Hell, yeah. I saw in there Rangers. Congrats on that Rangers pull the one of one of this Actually on release day. Yeah. Yeah, it was all a laundry tag platinum Mason when the 199 we got Colton Couser base and Elijah Green on the Silver as well before we do the random drop you guys a link to number three again Number three of certified is down two. I love Berkman rich one two three four five six seven to go Super underrated Seven to go on certified FB number three everybody All right, let's do this random really quick. We'll do the points and non MLB cards The points and the non MLB cards really quick team lists All right, everybody gonna do a random Gonna roll the dice the top team after seven times we'll get a hundred and fifty points and the second team will get all of the Non MLB cards from the break so any like commissioners any guys who didn't play in the MLB like Negro Leagues ie so on so forth Roll the dice here. We go going seven times one two three four five six and seven so we got the white socks are gonna get the points White socks will get the points non MLB cards are gonna go to the Giants gonna go to the Giants Non MLB will go to the Giants All right quick recap here. Hello Vaughn Vaughn. How are we doing Vaughn? We've got Brooks Lee to five Yeti Cappy Let's go big dart car dart tournament in the UK Ellie Daylock Cruz Yeti Cappy Jackson Holliday Joe Maurer Jose Reyes Ellie Daylock Cruz Dustin Pedroia Redemptions of Jordan Walker and Henry Davis and Grayson Rodriguez, but Anthony Solometo Kevin Alcantara a James Wood Jackson Meryl Novi Marche Jackson Cheerio Khalil Watson. We had a Jacob Barry Curtis Mead Dustin Harris Jet Williams Spencer Jones Jackson Cheerio Kyle Manzardo Wilmer Flores Ray Linkford Evan Carter how you Lee Lance Berkman Owen Murphy and a Rod Carew one-of-one gold vinyl That'll do it for the break everybody. Thanks again for the fill up next is certified


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My charge for this afternoon is to make the case that restorative justice can be a feminist approach to addressing harm, particularly gender-based harms, and to changing culture. And in a different crowd, I think that would be a very large task in a short amount of time. I'm hoping that in this crowd it will be somewhat less talking of a task in the same short amount of time. But just a couple of notes about how I came to this work. So I'm a lawyer, so unlike lots of you who are restorative practitioners, that's not my main line of work. I'm a lawyer and I've represented people subjected to abuse, primarily women, the last 20 years. And like Gayle said this morning, I want to acknowledge that what you'll hear from me is a combination of my own experiences as a lawyer, looking at clients, but also the ideas and thoughts of those I've been lucky enough to learn from, including Donna Coker, and Amy Kim, and John Petal, and others who are here in this room. But after two decades of work in the courts, on behalf of people subjected to abuse, I know you're all saying to yourself right now, she's so young, two decades, is that possible? I just want to make sure that you are awake after lunch. So thank you for that. Thanks for allowing me, I appreciate it. I come to believe that the United States legal system, and I should say my lens is necessarily a United States lens, notwithstanding the opportunities that some of you in this room have given me to study these issues in other places, but that the US legal system, and in particular, the criminal legal system, is not particularly effective in addressing gender-based harms. For those who want a purely retributive response, the system sometimes works. It works when a harm doer is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to something that roughly corresponds to what the injured person sees as just. But for many, many people, retributive justice does nothing to meet their goals. What they want is justice in some other form, economic or emotional, through voice or validation or vindication, and the criminal legal system is poorly suited to provide that sort of justice. And in achieving whatever justice it does provide, the criminal legal system does a tremendous amount of harm to victims, to offenders, and to communities. So over the last several years, I've started to think more broadly about what justice really means to those who've been harmed, and how we can achieve that justice. It isn't necessarily the most popular position in the feminist community, and so just in case you're not familiar with it, let me lay out briefly the feminist critique of using restorative justice to respond to gender-based harm. There are concerns that the process is unsafe, particularly for women when we bring together offenders and victims. There are concerns that offenders won't be held sufficiently accountable through restorative practices. There are concerns about the politics of gender and of race, and the idea that we are taking women's problems, and particularly the problems of women of color, and reprivatizing them after so many years of working as a movement to bring those problems into the public eye. In addition, feminists at least in the United States have expressed concern about whether restorative justice is sufficiently victim-centered, and whether it forces forgiveness on women who are not yet ready to forgive, or creates sufficient spaces for women to be able to express emotions like anger. So as a result, many feminists have as they all know that this morning thrown in their lot with the state, believing that the carceral system can and will deliver justice. I believe, though, that that feminist faith of the state, and particularly the carceral state, to enter into violence is problematic, at best, and misplaced at worst. The criminal legal system often does not hold those women's harm accountable, and women are not always safer when they turn to that system. And to achieve that limited safety and accountability, people who've been subjected to some form of harm must go through the adversarial justice system, a process about which psychologist Judith Herman notes, if one set out intentionally to design a system for provoking symptoms of traumatic stress, it might look very much like a court of law, and those of you who have taken clients through that process know how true this is, Judge talked about it this morning, that that is a difficult process, a damaging process. And so we really need to think, oftentimes I think if we think about kind of the best litigation or court best outcomes versus the worst restorative justice outcomes, and frankly some of us who are on the other side tend to do the same, right? We think about the best restorative outcomes versus the worst litigation outcomes. We need to be thoughtful and nuanced about what either of these systems can provide, and how we might best use them to our clients' advantages. I think that restorative justice offers us a radically different way, and I would argue a feminist way, to think about achieving justice for people who've been subjected to harm. First, restorative justice could, in fact, provide meaningful accountability in the aftermath of gender-based harm. Although holding offenders accountable is the main goal of criminal intervention, the relationship between the criminal legal system and the notion of accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, factors of the system like the plea bargaining process provide incentives for admitting guilt, which I would argue is not the same as admitting responsibility or accepting responsibility. On the other hand, some of the bedrock principles of the criminal legal system, things like the right against self-incrimination, or the right to remain silent, or the presumption of innocence, create disincentives to ever accepting responsibility, and certainly set a tone going into the system that says, don't apologize, don't tell anyone what you've done, don't admit. And even after a finding of guilt, the notion of what constitutes accountability may be contested. I think the best place you can see this is in the recent sentencing of Brock Turner, the Stanford University swimmer who raped an unconscious woman. So Turner, as many of you will have heard, I would imagine, did that use crossover here? No way. I thought so. No way. He was six months imprisonment, which has led to a tremendous outcry in the United States about the judge's failure to sentence him to a longer term of imprisonment. And let me just say, I have two minds about this whole thing, and I think there's a lot of really interesting conversation that can be had about it. It's not clear to me that a longer term of imprisonment is the answer, except to acknowledge, of course, that it had been a Black or a Brown man who had done the same crime, that longer term of imprisonment probably would have been inevitable, but putting that to the side for a minute. The issue, I don't think, is so much with the length of his incarceration, but with his complete and utter failure to take any responsibility for his actions. So how do we get him to do that? I think a system that requires offenders to face the people that they harm, their victims, their families, their communities, might be more likely to give us that kind of accountability, right? And a system that promises reintegration upon acceptance of responsibility might be more likely to give us that kind of accountability. The restorative justice could help us change community norms around gender-based harms, which is something that we've been working for since the inception of the feminist movement, say, with questionable success. The early feminist movement believed that passing laws declaring violence against women a crime would begin to create this kind of change because those laws would assert the community's disapproval of bad behavior. But like you, we've had laws in most of the United States for at least the last 30 years and community norms have not changed as much as we would have hoped. Intimate partner violence and rape are still depressingly common in the United States. Sexual harassment in the workplace, on the street, and in education is widespread. Frankly, it is hard to find a woman who has not been subjected to some form of gender-based harm. And society still asks the kinds of questions that suggest that women are responsible for their victimization. How did she provoke her partner? What was she drinking? What was she wearing? Or we make excuses for men's behavior that kind of boys won't be boys typing. And I think relevant, in some cases, to the Dalhousie situation, the internet comments are harmless. What happens on the internet isn't really what happens in the real world as though that's not coming out of a culture of misogyny and gender-based harm that kind of reflects and then circles back on itself. I think that's a sign of our failure to fundamentally change community norms through law. So we have to figure out another way to do that. I think restorative justice might be by recapturing the community's responsibility to address those kinds of harms one way to go about that work. Restorative justice puts power into the hands of the person who's been harmed. That person decides whether the process is gonna take place, and what supporters shall have at the table. She can tell her story as she wishes, without the mediation of legal rules and norms. She can accept or decline in apology. She can ask for the reparations that will make her whole rather than having to take whatever it is that the legal system will offer. Restorative justice is empowering in ways that the criminal legal system with its restrictions on when and how victims can tell their stories and the relegation of the victim to a second class status in the process as a witness rather than a party can never be. Restorative justice honors the humanity of both the person who was harmed and the offender. And while Shane, as we talked about earlier today, is a key component of restorative responses, shaming and stigmatizing may simply produce more violence if those who offend feel that they've not been heard in the process. Shaming must be reintegrated, which is something again that the criminal legal system can't do. We have to move away from the stereotyping and demonizing of people who engage in gender-based harm and towards a world where we expressed disapproval for the act, but hope and trust in the person who commits it unless and until they show us that they are not worthy of our hope and our trust. Without such an approach, people who abuse may curtail some of their violence to avoid further criminal involvement, but they're unlikely to fundamentally change their behavior and preventing gender-based harm, changing those behaviors have always been at the core of feminist organizing. Restorative justice work in the context of gender-based harm has largely focused on the use of conferences, but conferences aren't the only way to bring the principles of restorative justice to those seeking redress. There is, in fact, a continuum as you all well know of restorative practices that we could offer, including victim-offended dialogues, post-eviction dialogues and community-based justice forums, somewhat similar to the truth commissions that many places are now engaging in. All of these practices create space for victims of harm to be heard and for individuals and communities and institutions and systems to be held accountable for their failed failure to recognize and remedy gender-based harms. And all of these practices engage the community in supporting victims of harm and thinking about how to change the norms that enable violence against women to continue to flourish. The goal of these practices at court is societal reconstruction, challenging community complicity and acceptance of gender-based harm, creating community norms that reject such harms and conceptualizing the pursuit of justice as the right of the individual subjected to harm rather than the responsibility of the larger society. That's why restorative justice is a feminist project. It's a grassroots victim-centered space in which you can challenge not just the attitudes and responsibilities of individuals, but of the community and of systemic institutions as well. Do we know that any of this will work? No. Cameron pointed out in the context of an incident at partner violence the bar for success at this point is pretty low. Since there is no evidence that standard justice is any more effective than doing nothing in response to an incident of domestic violence, the only challenge to restorative justice is to do better than doing nothing. And I think most importantly, I think for my particular project, the stories of the women students at Dalhousie and the male students at Dalhousie who went through that process successfully suggest that there is good reason to believe that restorative justice is much better than nothing. So are there limitations? You know, absolutely. The requirement that an offenders take responsibility for before engaging in restorative practices is gonna mean that cases are gonna get screened out. And it's important not to jettison those kinds of requirements of restorative justice in order to bring in a greater number of cases. We need to stay true to the really core principles that make restorative justice what it is. Restorative justice is not gonna meet the justice goals of some people subjected to gender-based harms. It'll be difficult to scale up and there's danger anytime we take a great idea, a beautiful idea, to scale and make it part of a system that operates in a systemic fashion and churns lots and lots of cases through that system. You know, we have to be careful to protect what we have in this practice, this idea, and not lose what makes it unique and special. Nonetheless, there is an important role for restorative justice to play in a feminist response to gender-based harms. The charge then for those of us who study these issues and worry about just how badly this could all go, if these processes are initiated by those who are not sensitive to the issues or not eligible about the issues, is to create and to cultivate and to evaluate such practices ourselves. God put our money where I'm at this, right? Until, less than until we do that, we'll continue to encounter the resistance that says, this can't be a feminist project. And until we do that, people subjected to gender-based harms will not have any choice but to seek justice through the criminal legal system or to not seek justice at all. Thank you.


Brighton 1, Everton 0, well deserved for Brighton, no arguments from me. I just think it was all wrong today, everything was all wrong. From the team selection all the way up to the substitutions later on in the game. I thought, you know, for me I don't know if it's just too old school or whatever. I personally would never ever change a winning team and I know the Christmas period is quite busy. But you look at Leicester on New Year's Day, the home games are the ones that you should be winning, the away games are always going to be tough. For me, I would have kept the same team and then maybe made rotations for Leicester at home when you should be winning your home games. That's just my opinion, maybe it's just a minor criticism. I thought throughout the game we just didn't get into first gear at all, just really struggling. Brighton just never seemed to come off for us today. Brighton, well deserved winners. If you play like that, you're going to get beat. It's as simple as that. I think Brighton wanted it more and even though they might be a way aside than us, if you want it more than the opposition, they're going to win. It's just that simple. Their goal was a corner. It took a nick off, Andre Gomez's knee and forced their play at e-scores. And then from then on, I think the manager's substitutions were incredibly poor and a bit late. For me, 10 minutes before that goal, 5 minutes into the second half, be brave, make a change because we could all see what was going to come. And then when you see Neash come on at the end, you know that the managers ran out of ideas. I think the changes should have been made earlier, but we deserve to lose today. So it's Brighton won, Everton nil deserves to feed for the Blues.