Be happy:-). Just a cross cultural screw up on my part. "Tax dollars" is such a common expression here that it slipped out unnoticed. Paul On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:54 AM, mike wilson wrote:
> >> >> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/03/26 Mon PM 07:48:59 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT: Wish Me Luck >> >> The father has a recent conviction for drug possession and no job, >> yet UK legal aid still allowed him to bring this suit and apparently >> is paying the US lawyers $700 an hour for their services. Now our UK >> friends know where there tax dollars are going. >> Paul > > I pay tax in _dollars_? Don't know whether to be annoyed that I'm > in the 51st state or happy that my bill just reduced by 50%. > >> On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Jim King wrote: >> >>> keith_w wrote on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:58:07 -0800: >>>> (snip) >>>> Misleading! >>>> As I understand it, that child is in the custody of the mother, and >>>> both >>>> are currently living with blood relatives. It's not as tho' it were >>>> kidnapped to a foreign country by non-parents. >>> >>> Exactly! My problem is that one can apparently be brought into >>> court, requiring expensive legal representation, for reasons having >>> to do more with malice than with equity. The legal system needs to >>> filter out cases without merit before allowing charges or a tort to >>> be brought, and there should be consequences for those bringing >>> baseless cases before the court. Our system seems to reward lawyers >>> for such behavior. >>> >>> But then, I'm not a lawyer; what do I know? >>> >>> Regards, Jim >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
