Jian Ghomeshi

Just when I thought things could not get worse, now we have the pathetic case of  Jian Ghomeshi, who the New York Review of Books allowed to submit a long article, a la the John Hockenberry essay in Harper's, wallowing in self-pity over being outed for his sexual predations.

The response was overwhelming, as numerous readers, mostly Canadians, responded with letters condemning the magazine for running such an article, which showed no regard for the many women whom Ghomeshi has abused.

The essay was not quite as pathetic as the Hockenberry article, but it was close. Ghomeshi's self-pity involved his status as being of Iranian descent, while Hockenberry claimed pity as a disabled person. Neither statuses justify the serial abuse of women. When are men going to realize this, and when are publications going to stop publishing such garbage?