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This was supposed to be the
recharging mantras thread, my bad.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:03
AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: local
sex abuse trial
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 -----
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
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