Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:07:11 -0400 > From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Shell news > Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.20030626230711.01acaa78@pop.infionline.net> > References: <3.0.2.32.20030625215543.016994fc@pop.infionline.net> > > At 09:39 PM 6/25/03 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote: > >http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story151415.html > > > >(they do seem to have a thing about sodomy at the Roanoke Times and in the > >prosecutors office... is that Deliverance country...?) > > Actually not. This is pretty much MYOB country -- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! > I really am puzzled by the vigor of the prosecution of Bob, and I suspect > most of this arises as the locals just are unaware of Bob's international > reputation. > > The Commonwealth's Attorney in Radford is a true gentleman, though, and > quite unlike a lot of the go-for-broke prosecutors we hear about all the > time. His word IS his bond, and he is a fair and honest man: but he is a > fair and honest man fully committed to prosecuting Bob. > > Marc Marc, I must be reading this incorrectly, but it appears that you are suggesting that people with international reputations should somehow be treated more leniently than the hoi poloi in the criminal justice system. How would the vigor of Bob's prosecution be altered by by the locals being "unaware of Bob's international reputation"? Mark - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html