tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post4552860020092918852..comments2024-03-28T20:42:14.758-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: I think Ben Stein blew itFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-78916653176860264702011-05-23T14:43:49.280-07:002011-05-23T14:43:49.280-07:00This reminds me of the discussions that surrounded...This reminds me of the discussions that surrounded the O.J. Simpson trial. <br /><br />Some people just can't get the idea that even rich people are capable of violent crimes.<br />Just because the crimes involve rich people, they should not be investigated in a half-assed manner as in the movie Gosford Park, where the copper came and merely verified that the old man was dead.Windy Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-79465530226022658112011-05-23T10:56:05.287-07:002011-05-23T10:56:05.287-07:00Probably just about anyone, charged with a violent...Probably just about anyone, charged with a violent crime and considered a flight risk, would've faced the same; I'll repeat, I find it hard to believe NYPD and the prosecutors would've gone after him this hard if they hadn't felt they had a solid case. <br /><br />Trial in the media happens to everyone when a case attracts attention, can't do much about that.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-81559383878260383232011-05-22T18:10:06.778-07:002011-05-22T18:10:06.778-07:00Well, I don't think that Stein did anything th...Well, I don't think that Stein did anything than other than raise some rather interesting questions.<br /><br />After all, does ANYONE deserve to be placed in jail and denied bail based solely on the accusation of one other person? (although in this case the ability of the person in question to flee jurisdiction makes that a much more reasonable course of action than with joe bubba American).<br /><br />In the grand scheme of things this case has been "tried in the media" pretty handily. <br /><br />And if he is convicted I have no sympathy for the guy. But what if the accusation by the maid was forced by a foreign intelligence agency to disrupt the operations of the IMF to gain some other sort of leverage in terms of grants or low interest loans.SordidPandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657526230826604643noreply@blogger.com