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19. Isn't it great how rich person crimes require mind-reading skills?

Reply to Justice matters. (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 20, 2022, 06:46 PM

Dec 2022

A poor person is caught with property that belongs to someone else, it's theft or burglary and off to the hoosegow. But a rich person crime, like fraud, has to prove that the person who ends up with all that money intended for his actions or his speech or his promises to take money from the victim which would then land in his pocket. "Gee, your honor, I had no idea that I was selling a pig in a poke to all those folks who gave me money. It just happened that way, that I got their money and they got nothing." "Dismissed!"

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Christmas come early. sarcasmo Dec 2022 #3

Release them now and forever! GreenWave Dec 2022 #4

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trump was a major cunctator... Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #13

Yeah Trump is a very filthy word! GreenWave Dec 2022 #31

Ooh, that was a new one for me as well PatSeg Dec 2022 #22

i was thinking more of Dick Cheney's word "dithering" but this one will do if it fits onetexan Dec 2022 #29

I like "dithering"! PatSeg Dec 2022 #33

Great Word! ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #15

I recall it being used when the Carthaginians went into the Alps!!! GreenWave Dec 2022 #32

I think they should release a detailed summary that answers those questions bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #5

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Yeah, Right! The Roux Comes First Dec 2022 #26

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It really does PatSeg Dec 2022 #23

Ugly inside and out. calimary Dec 2022 #35

And freakishly repulsive PatSeg Dec 2022 #36

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Why do you feel like that? triron Dec 2022 #28

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Isn't it great how rich person crimes require mind-reading skills? gratuitous Dec 2022 #19

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