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Bobbi Cordy <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:37:16 -0400
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G. Thomas Watters wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> *  G Thomas Watters               *
> *  Ohio Biological Survey &       *
> *  Aquatic Ecology Laboratory     *
> *  Ohio State University          *
> *  1315 Kinnear Rd.               *
> *  Columbus, OH 43212 USA         *
> *  v:614-292-6170 f:614-292-0181  *
>
> "The world is my oyster, except for months with an "R" in them" - Firesign
> Theater
 
However, he also needs to apologize to all the clubs, COA and people he
ripped off before that time!!
Check with Barbara Haviland and many others about the times he has
ripped off private collectors.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells

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