If you RTFA, you'd know both the man and his family were subjected to months of abuse while the investigation proceeded, and the abuse occurred because the guy framing him leaked the charge to the news media. Yes, he should have changed his password, but that just puts him in the same category as the overwhelming majority of people who don't keep their office computers sufficiently secure.
And yes, for many people, being accused of pedophelia IS worse than being charged with murder. I know a man who lost his job, his house and his family while his case dragged through the courts. The whole town thought he was guilty. He was beaten twice, once very severely. The kids who accused him eventually recanted their stories, but the damage was done. So you can take your self-righteousness and shove it straight up your ass.
I bet if the site allowed you to keep part of your profile private, with access reserved only for your buddies, a certain multi-ethnic theme would emerge. A predilection for BJ's would cross all cultural barriers and leap to number one on the list of things most guys like.
Dildo and South Dildo can be found in Newfoundland not far from St. John's, hard by Dildo Bay. Sadly, the first church built in Dildo, in 1878, had no tower, though it should be noted that two stoves providing heat shared a long chimney.
South Dildo's claim to fame for many years was a life-size wooden humpback whale head.
The only thing I disagree with in all you wrote concerns the local police. If you personally know your local cop, and he agrees to cut you a special deal...fabulous. Not much to do with people being equal before the law, but fabulous. But the key here is that the FBI couldn't have known about this unless the cops in question made it official and somebody started talking about it. This wasn't just a friendly "drop by and scare the idiot kid" thing. There had to have been paperwork (for the "wrist slap"), and probably some media coverage, and that allowed things to proceed to the next level. My point, which I'm not sure you're getting, is that matters like this one should be dealt with inside the family. When you bring in the authorities, you're asking for trouble. Walking around a golf course during a serious thunderstorm doesn't mean you're going to get hit by lightning, but it certainly tilts the odds just a little in favour of you making an appearance in the Darwin Awards. "Yea, he was using his one iron...and people used to say even god couldn't hit a one iron" (Clubhouse laughter).
I CAN see that, actually, and the federal law is obviously ripe for abuse. It always has been, and there was never any doubt, as far as I'm concerned, that it would be abused.
However, I absolutely don't agree that turning your kid in to the cops over something so trivial as a couple of pot plants is ever justified. If the locals agreed to go along this time, that just means the parents rolled the dice and got lucky. There's absolutely no way they could have known they'd get that result. Example: a woman I know called the police after driving off a rapist as he tried to force his way in through her bedroom window. She was bleeding from where he tore a hunk of hair out of her head, cut on the arms from a knife, and shivering with terror. When the cops arrived, they busted her for a roach they found in her ash tray. So don't lecture me about helpful cops. You call them when you really, really have to...and hope for the best.
Interesting. They rat out their son to the cops for growing a little pot (like maybe getting a criminal record is just a teensy little thing) and they wind up losing everything. So now they're wiped out and the kid's inheritance is gone. Yup, that really taught him a lesson.
Well said. Pity the news media have sold out. They might have supplied a safe haven for facts, but they blew their credibility at the same time they started blowing their bosses.
Using Adolph Hitler's "Big Lie" tactic, ISP giant AT&T simply turned the definition of "Net Neutrality" on its head in order to take advantage of people (especially in government) too stupid or too uninformed to appreciate the Net Neutrality concept and its importance to everything positive about the internet.
I really, really hope RIM bites the bullet on this and either calls India's bluff or takes the hit and moves on. If they start selling the only real advantage they have (privacy/security) to any government that wants it, they'll all be begging for jobs at Apple within 5 years. They've already played footsie with the US, Canada and some other First World countries that at least go a little past paying only lip service to individual rights and freedoms. If they start allowing Third World countries to get into the party, they're screwed.
If Star Wars was real, the Death Star couldn't cut through the fruit cake you got last Christmas. You might as well try to hit a major league slider with a stick of French bread.
If what I heard was accurate, what came along was nylon. Hemp competed with it in a variety of ways, so it was smeared with great success by the chemical industries and (yes, even then) their toadies in government.
There's a difference between criticism and insult. If you don't understand this simple fact, then you don't understand much of anything. And yes, I'm being insulting in return. You richly deserve it.
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If you RTFA, you'd know both the man and his family were subjected to months of abuse while the investigation proceeded, and the abuse occurred because the guy framing him leaked the charge to the news media. Yes, he should have changed his password, but that just puts him in the same category as the overwhelming majority of people who don't keep their office computers sufficiently secure.
And yes, for many people, being accused of pedophelia IS worse than being charged with murder. I know a man who lost his job, his house and his family while his case dragged through the courts. The whole town thought he was guilty. He was beaten twice, once very severely. The kids who accused him eventually recanted their stories, but the damage was done. So you can take your self-righteousness and shove it straight up your ass.
"...the gang - dubbed the Vacuum Burglars - always raid Monoprix supermarkets...
Something that sucks for money and a store called "Monoprix"? The jokes pretty much write themselves.
I can get a pretty good approximation of that view right now with a good hit of acid.
An excellent point, my friend. Safety first!
On the whole, I think I'd rather hire an au pair girl.
Brilliant! Wish I could mod you up.
In case you doubted it...yes, I did read that. And yes, I laughed my ass off.
I bet if the site allowed you to keep part of your profile private, with access reserved only for your buddies, a certain multi-ethnic theme would emerge. A predilection for BJ's would cross all cultural barriers and leap to number one on the list of things most guys like.
High fives all 'round. Woot, woot!
Dildo and South Dildo can be found in Newfoundland not far from St. John's, hard by Dildo Bay. Sadly, the first church built in Dildo, in 1878, had no tower, though it should be noted that two stoves providing heat shared a long chimney.
South Dildo's claim to fame for many years was a life-size wooden humpback whale head.
The only thing I disagree with in all you wrote concerns the local police. If you personally know your local cop, and he agrees to cut you a special deal...fabulous. Not much to do with people being equal before the law, but fabulous. But the key here is that the FBI couldn't have known about this unless the cops in question made it official and somebody started talking about it. This wasn't just a friendly "drop by and scare the idiot kid" thing. There had to have been paperwork (for the "wrist slap"), and probably some media coverage, and that allowed things to proceed to the next level. My point, which I'm not sure you're getting, is that matters like this one should be dealt with inside the family. When you bring in the authorities, you're asking for trouble. Walking around a golf course during a serious thunderstorm doesn't mean you're going to get hit by lightning, but it certainly tilts the odds just a little in favour of you making an appearance in the Darwin Awards. "Yea, he was using his one iron...and people used to say even god couldn't hit a one iron" (Clubhouse laughter).
I CAN see that, actually, and the federal law is obviously ripe for abuse. It always has been, and there was never any doubt, as far as I'm concerned, that it would be abused.
However, I absolutely don't agree that turning your kid in to the cops over something so trivial as a couple of pot plants is ever justified. If the locals agreed to go along this time, that just means the parents rolled the dice and got lucky. There's absolutely no way they could have known they'd get that result. Example: a woman I know called the police after driving off a rapist as he tried to force his way in through her bedroom window. She was bleeding from where he tore a hunk of hair out of her head, cut on the arms from a knife, and shivering with terror. When the cops arrived, they busted her for a roach they found in her ash tray. So don't lecture me about helpful cops. You call them when you really, really have to...and hope for the best.
Interesting. They rat out their son to the cops for growing a little pot (like maybe getting a criminal record is just a teensy little thing) and they wind up losing everything. So now they're wiped out and the kid's inheritance is gone. Yup, that really taught him a lesson.
I'm sorry for the kid, not them.
I'm Canadian. We have our own battle to fight on this, and it won't be pretty.
Thank you very much for getting it. If I hadn't already commented on this thread, I'd use a mod point on your behalf.
Well said. Pity the news media have sold out. They might have supplied a safe haven for facts, but they blew their credibility at the same time they started blowing their bosses.
Using Adolph Hitler's "Big Lie" tactic, ISP giant AT&T simply turned the definition of "Net Neutrality" on its head in order to take advantage of people (especially in government) too stupid or too uninformed to appreciate the Net Neutrality concept and its importance to everything positive about the internet.
Gee, what a shock. News at 11.
...but I have to believe the rooms come with a large, king-size box of tissues in every room.
I really, really hope RIM bites the bullet on this and either calls India's bluff or takes the hit and moves on. If they start selling the only real advantage they have (privacy/security) to any government that wants it, they'll all be begging for jobs at Apple within 5 years. They've already played footsie with the US, Canada and some other First World countries that at least go a little past paying only lip service to individual rights and freedoms. If they start allowing Third World countries to get into the party, they're screwed.
If Star Wars was real, the Death Star couldn't cut through the fruit cake you got last Christmas. You might as well try to hit a major league slider with a stick of French bread.
If what I heard was accurate, what came along was nylon. Hemp competed with it in a variety of ways, so it was smeared with great success by the chemical industries and (yes, even then) their toadies in government.
Hey, guys, c'mon over here and have a look at my spliffy new car. It's a 2011 Tokeswagen.
There's a difference between criticism and insult. If you don't understand this simple fact, then you don't understand much of anything. And yes, I'm being insulting in return. You richly deserve it.