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Wangja
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Ya-ta Boy
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Nope. Don't know him. But I will say it is kind of a peculiar letter. He contends that adults who have done time have paid their debt and their record is wiped clean. Not where I come from. In fact, the word 'record' means just that.
I'm sure many of us see no problem with required criminal checks before being allowed to teach minors. It's a reasonable precaution. |
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robot
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He lost me after:
"It is quite common for people to have opinions." |
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Smee
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| Is it just me / my computer, or is the formating screwed up on that site? I'm seeing lots of question marks and slashes where I guess other punctuation was meant to be. |
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jaganath69
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: Re: David Thiessen's piece in Korea Times |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2007/10/137_12308.html
Anybody know this fellow? |
It's the bloke from your sig, right? He's battier than that fluckpole, rapier/junior. |
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Wangja
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Yep, Jag, that's the chap I think it is. Very off the wall, walks through life with a completly missing irony chip. That must be rather comfortable actually!
Just wondered if anyone had met him in the real world. |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:20 am Post subject: Re: David Thiessen's piece in Korea Times |
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| Wangja wrote: |
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2007/10/137_12308.html
Anybody know this fellow? |
didn't they already nail him at the Thai airport?  |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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And he strikes again!
This time he says, and I kid you not, that criminals are not criminals.
But wait, just in case you're thinking that just doesn't make any sense, he has some advice for you: thinking is unrealistic.
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Nor does having a criminal record guarantee that the person is a criminal or that they will continue to break the law. |
The first part of that is fairly astounding. He must know people who go through life with a criminal record but who were not in fact guilty. That's possible: the few crooks I've met have all said they were innocent.  |
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Wangja
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Never forget he is a fellow who prides himself on not being objective and who things rational is not the only option. |
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