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- From: learn@speedy.acns.nwu.edu (William J. Vajk)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: Phreaks indicted
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.163924.14777@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 16:39:24 GMT
- References: <01GMR9A90K1C8WWHJ4@delphi.com> <7iVHoB7w165w@freds.cojones.com>
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- In article <7iVHoB7w165w@freds.cojones.com> George W. Hayduke writes:
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- >NEWSDAY1@delphi.com writes:
-
- >> Furthermore, as citizens, we have the right to know when our neighbors are
- >> accused of a crime. Since our system provides for a presumption of
- >> innocence, it's up to us to view an arrested individual as innocent until
- >> proven guilty. Therefore, there should be no presumed shame in having
- >> been charged with a crime, only in being found guilty of one.
-
- >You can't be serious...
-
- >If Waldo Q. Milquetoast, your next door neighbor, was listed in the paper as
- >a suspect in a child molestation, I highly doubt you would let your 9 year
- >old daughter play in the front yard anymore.
-
- If you lived next door to Waldo, had a nine year old daughter, and it turned
- out Waldo was indeed warped (contrary to your view of him,) what happens to
- your perception of fairness?
-
- >Most people simply don't think this way, which is why one must obtain
- >high-priced lawyers and buy one's way out of the charges.
-
- You would be surprised at the costs which can be asociated with an ordinary
- roadside stop by a policemen if (s)he decides to start writing paper. High
- priced lawyers....is there any other sort????
-
- >If the citizenry has the right to know who is supposedly a child molester,
- >then why do we fool anyone by claiming innocent until proven guilty? If we
- >are innocent until proven guilty, then no one should know if someone stands
- >accused until they are convicted.
-
- Are you a native Terran???
-
- Bill Vajk
-