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Red, My post above was simply to correct what seems to have been a journalist's mistake, in saying that the preson had received a suspended sentence. Obviously the journalist has no knowledge of the initial stages of a prosecution after charging, and the laws by which a prosecution is carried out. One can readly imagine that the conditions of the bail would be such as to minimise the risk of further offending pending the completion of the prosecution process. The alleged offender might be considered to be a "disgusting crrep", but until convicted, the alleged offender is still considered innocent of the allegation under our system. The main reasons for refusing bail and requiring an alleged offender to remain in custody are the protection of the community - usually physical protection; prevention of further offending - drug dealers, and risk of flight. The first might not apply in this case, and no doubt the person's activities wuld be closely monitored. The third might no be considered applicable.

That is obviously a journalist's mistake. I have no doubt that the person was released from custody on bail to appear in Court at a later date for the matter to be dealt with to see if the evidence would lead to a conviction. If the alleged offence was proved on the evidence, then a sentence would be imposed, and I don't think that, in matters such as these, such a sentence would be suspended.

I was speaking to a Canadian today. From what he said about US Border Control examining one's digital communication devices, not one of us would get through the first US immigration interview. We've all bad-mouthed Trump.

I'm getting sick and tired of the pre-match buildup. When is the main event going to start?

35 miles away??? She'll be home every weekend with a bag of dirty laundry.

The Indian accent is also a problem if your hearing is OK. It's not the accent so much as the speed at which Indians talk. I find that if there is a problem, simply telling the Indian, politely, that it is the speed of their speech which is causing problems, then they will slow down and you get a successful interaction. I often wonder how the pitch of Indian speech came about.

I don't like the American culture and the Americans' idea that their culture should be imposed on everyone else. The Americans have been radicalised as much as the people of 1930s Germany; Soviet Russia, Communist China and North Vietnam. I don't want to pay homae to teh USA, but the USA expects us to pay homage to it.

The total irony of his reply is astounding. Does that make him a martyr to what he thinks?

Since the thread is focused on Trump, one can make one's own conclusion.

I'm gettng sick and tired of having to pay homage to a Nation whose attitudes towards its people are so opposite to those held by Nations considered to be civilised.

You missed the point of my gripe. All I was griping about was the scarcity of conveniently-sized containers of chocolate flavoured milk in comparison to the plethora of similarly-sized containers of other flavours.

I seem to recall some mention of Concorde needing shielding from solar radiation.

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. It appears that Kirk fits the definition as he definitely was a prominent person in the USA who expressed ideological ideas.

Because I'm not at home. I'm in a supermarket, doing grocery shopping after which I will be getting in my car to drive for an hour to get home. I want to have something to drink while I'm driving home. I don't drink soft drinks or fruit juices, and I don't like coffee flavoured milk drinks.

It's not the conveying of the liquid that is the problem. My gripe is quite simply that supermarkets don't carry sufficient stock of chocolate milk in containers the same size as those containing a wide variety of coffee; strawberry or malted flavours.