Leon writes:

I believe presumed innocent pertains more to something that happens with
no
witnesses. If you are seen doing something and are caught red handed
doing
the deed, presumed innocence means squat in my book.

Your book is not the instruction book for this country. For which I am
thankful.

So if someone walked into your shop and started stealing right in front of
you, you would let it happen and if he beat the rap you would be OK with
that???


You consistently compare apples and oranges. No one is going to walk into my
shop and start stealing in front of me. Or behind me. Access is limited to
friends, for one thing.

And, no, I wouldn't be "OK with that" if someone did try. That still doesn't
give me the right to kick the crap out of him, though it seems likely the
reaction would be noisy in the extreme and probably a lot more threatening than
actuality would allow.

Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary