>You know, gossip can be very destructive, justified or not.
>
>If we feel we must go so far as to say the seller's a crook or the
>equivalent thereof, let the audience hear the whole story and decide for
>ourselves.  Otherwise, why mention anything about the sordid affair in the
>first place?  Has there been a criminal conviction or a civil decision?  If
>not, it's slander either way you cut it, and not worthy of the fine people
>I have come to know here.
>
>I find myself with a horrible urge to know more, but to go off and whisper
>in a corner about someone -- no matter how much they might deserve it --
>doesn't seem right.  Wish this whole nasty subject had not been broached.
>Yuk.
>
>Jenny
>
>
 
I agree. According to our legal system, the man was caught, paid the price
(even if only probation), has to live with it, and now should be given a
second chance. Only OJ gets away with murder.
 
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