Boxcar Overkill
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Man, I think that's the guy who does my taxes!
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Well, I think it's pretty clear where you stand. Interesting you ha heard of due process..... I disagree with you. The public's right to be protected from criminals or miscreants is paramount. Please note that you introduced the word criminal into the discussion. Such is the society we live in. If Eric hasn't been given a fair hearing, I insist it is because the Agency will not come out and explain itself. That is what leaves room for speculation and rumors. It is more important that no more people are harmed in whatever manner by the action or actions of a professional member of a certification agency, than that individual's personal rights. This is my own personal opinion, not a legal concept but rather an ethical one.And I am not a lawyer.... All I know is, individual's right to due process; individual's right to face the accuser; and individual's right to appeal - somehow supercede the public's right to be protected from criminals.You might be jumping the gun a little by suggesting that PADI has proven its case, or that Eric has had his fair day in court - before being labeled as you have indicated earlier.
HOUSTON, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM????Well I am best friends with that guy and he told me he was just yanking your chain.................
If the individual feels he has been wrongly suspended or maligned , he can take it to court. He should take it to court. That is what courts are for.
The public's right to be protected from criminals or miscreants is paramount.
You know nothing about Talibans, you have never seen one and I not only resent your remarks but I expect an apology from you for inferring that my opinion is tantamount to Taliban.In the Taliban's world, what you have said is right on target.
You think you can come on here and say what ever you like. Nobody is arguing with the importance of not accusing innocent people. I simply stated that it is important to stop innocent people being victims of people who wish to harm them. That is not an opinion of radical intolerant Islam. It is an opinion of someone who thinks that we should be tough on law and order.In the US justice system, it is protecting the innocent from wrongly being accused. Because of this, we likely let 1/2 of our criminals free.
What do you know about the price that is paid for Freedom? Have you ever set foot in Afghanistan? You sure seem to be an expert on the place...That is the price we pay for freedom.
You must have a guilty conscience. The rest of us go about our lives without ever thinking that we may be wrongfully convicted, we certainly don't feel oppresed by our government and if rumors are spread around about someone, many times that person was acting in a way that lead to rumors spreading. I have never been wrongfully convicted or oppressed by the govt. nor do I know anybody who has. What did they accuse you of doing and how were you oppressed?Freedom from wrongful conviction, freedom from oppression by our government, and freedom from harmful rumors.
Hey why is the Course Director and his defenders like MERLICERTES and AQUANUTS not here posting and explaining the reasons for the continued misinformation...