Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: local sex abuse trial

[Llundrub]

I think that relating experiences is fine as long as one isn't touting their own ideology as the final say, and as long as one isn't trying to sell it. That's what they call sell outs. I'm not selling anything. In fact what I am selling - food - is born of my own personal sweat and tears, and as such, I feel free to talk experiences, because my focus never will be to make money off religion. That is in fact why I cook, that is, because I don't even feel right selling Rudraksha. I mean, I felt fine buying them, but not selling. I have given almost 50 strands away. Didn't really ever sell even one strand. Even though I used to advertise having the lowest price in the whole world, and it was true. Try to get 50 strands now for $250.00. It ain't gonna happen.  I also had 12 shalagrams that I gave to Devi Mandir. That felt like doing a yagya I tell you. I bought them and then gave them to someone unsuspecting - Swami Satyananda Saraswati, so if I feel like yelling out, Hey Kali, you're killing me with this one, then it's basically just personal for me with no ulterior motive. So let me sprinkle you all with these thoughts yo. ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Gillam To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:40 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: local sex abuse trial feste37 wrote: > > My point is really that if the prosecutors have > failed to convince two juries that this man is > guilty, that amounts to a not guilty verdict,  > since there is obviously a reasonable doubt.  The county attorneys in charge of such prosecutions aren't necessarily practiced at the job; it's not as if such cases come along regularly. Even if the state attorney general gets involved, the lawyers spend a fair amount of time and energy stumbling around, trying to figure out what they're doing. As a result, it may take three tries to get an actual verdict, as opposed to a hung jury. I say this because it took two trials to convict the guy who killed my mom in Marshalltown in the 1980's. The prosecutor with the attorney general's office was a great guy, but he dragged out the trial in such a way as to put the jury to sleep. The guy running the second trial cut the trial time by 33% and did a better job of presenting evidence, which removed confusion from the jury. I'm only commenting on the legal process. I haven't followed this case or this thread, and have no opinion about the parties involved. - Patrick Gillam To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.