Steelers trade Holmes to Jets for fifth-round draft pick

Tobias-Reiper · 04-13-2010, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

I was on such a jury. This guy beat the holy hell out of this other guy, but we did not award damages because they couldn't PROVE it...not beyond a reasonable doubt. Out system protect the innocent, and yes, it does allow guilty people to skate sometimes, but should anyone here ever be falsely accused (see falconhater) they'll be damned happy they're in an American court and not a Turkish one.

... don't believe the hype.

... and speaking of Turkish courts, personally, I've never been to one

, and while it may be true that if you are accused of something you'd be damned happy you'd be tried in a US court, when someone does you wrong, and you are accusing someone who did something to you but somehow he gets off the hook on a technicality, then the Turkish court don't sound so bad

saintfan · 04-13-2010, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper

... don't believe the hype.

... and speaking of Turkish courts, personally, I've never been to one , and while it may be true that if you are accused of something you'd be damned happy you'd be tried in a US court, when someone does you wrong, and you are accusing someone who did something to you but somehow he gets off the hook on a technicality, then the Turkish court don't sound so bad

Unless you consider whether you'd have had and grounds to begin with in said Turkish court.

There is no perfect system, but none comes closer than ours.

04-13-2010, 03:51 PM	#1
Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	Re: Steelers trade Holmes to Jets for fifth-round draft pick Originally Posted by saintfan I was on such a jury. This guy beat the holy hell out of this other guy, but we did not award damages because they couldn't PROVE it...not beyond a reasonable doubt. Out system protect the innocent, and yes, it does allow guilty people to skate sometimes, but should anyone here ever be falsely accused (see falconhater) they'll be damned happy they're in an American court and not a Turkish one. ... don't believe the hype. ... and speaking of Turkish courts, personally, I've never been to one , and while it may be true that if you are accused of something you'd be damned happy you'd be tried in a US court, when someone does you wrong, and you are accusing someone who did something to you but somehow he gets off the hook on a technicality, then the Turkish court don't sound so bad

04-13-2010, 04:09 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Steelers trade Holmes to Jets for fifth-round draft pick Originally Posted by Tobias-Reiper ... don't believe the hype. ... and speaking of Turkish courts, personally, I've never been to one , and while it may be true that if you are accused of something you'd be damned happy you'd be tried in a US court, when someone does you wrong, and you are accusing someone who did something to you but somehow he gets off the hook on a technicality, then the Turkish court don't sound so bad Unless you consider whether you'd have had and grounds to begin with in said Turkish court. There is no perfect system, but none comes closer than ours.
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