It'd be nice if we could find out more facts about this issue. We don't know the nature or depth of the alleged crime or the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
Whether he's guilty or not, I do think it's a good thing when elite decision-makers have to face the legal music for a change. Maybe they'll get Henry Kissinger or Dubya next. Carl D writes: > It all a matter of cultural perspective. In France, he was probably just saying "hello" in the US, given how uptight Americans are, he is accused of attacking someone. Come on - do you really believe that the head of the IMF and a candidate for president of France would "attack" someone.< could the arrogance of power have something to do with it? a lot of high-and-mighty financiers like Strauss-Kahn think that they are masters of the universe and that maids are nothing. here's what the NYT has to say: >His time at the bank was tarnished in 2008 by an affair with a Hungarian >economist who was a subordinate there. The fund decided to stand by him >despite concluding that he had shown poor judgment in the affair. Mr. >Strauss-Kahn issued an apology to employees at the bank and his wife, Anne >Sinclair, an American-born French television journalist.... > In the New York case, Mr. Browne [ Deputy Commissioner of the NYPD] said it > was about 1 p.m. on Saturday when the maid, a 32-year-old woman, entered to > clean Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s room. > “He came out of the bathroom, fully naked, and attempted to sexually assault > her,” Mr. Browne said. > At some point during the assault, the woman broke free, Mr. Browne said, and > “she fled, reported it to other hotel personnel who called 911. When the > police arrived, he was not there.” Mr. Browne said it appeared that Mr. > Strauss-Kahn left in a hurry. Investigators found his cellphone in the room, > which he had left behind, he said.... > Mr. Browne said an Emergency Medical Services ambulance arrived at the hotel > to take the maid to Roosevelt Hospital for what Mr. Browne described as > treatment for “minor injuries.” ... < -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
