tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6560907824394744364..comments2024-03-29T10:54:23.099+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Initial interestVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-52934663973178320172011-05-19T12:38:20.064+01:002011-05-19T12:38:20.064+01:00Unfortunately, if you scroll down to the next stor...Unfortunately, if you scroll down to the next story (on breadcrumbs) very slowly you may note that the image on the right seems like it might be rather apt to the DSK story... thankfully once you scroll further down you realise that the black line drawing is not what it at first appears, and is fully revealed to only be a mouse.... PHEW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57158650319969295902011-05-19T09:35:53.985+01:002011-05-19T09:35:53.985+01:00For somebody who starts his article with "I d...For somebody who starts his article with "I do not know...", BHL certainly shows many certainties.<br /><br />His article is outrageously slanted in favour of his acknowledged friend, the alleged perpetrator (whom he <i>knows</i> not to bear any "resemblance to this monster"), and against the alleged victim (about whom he "does not know" how she "could have walked in alone" and from whom she <i>demands</i> an answer "without delay").<br /><br />Presumption of innocence is a fundamental principle in justice, and it is indeed troubling to see people (<i>any</i> people, even those who don't have the questionable fortune of having BHL among their friends) lynched by the summary justice of the mass media. However, the attitude of BHL is all too redolent of the outrageous tolerance of a certain elite for their own, best exemplified before by the Polanski case (and Polanski isn't "presumed innocent": he was duly judged and found guilty before he decided to skip jail).<br /><br />Such a chummy attitude among the mighty and powerful is a slow poison for democracy, and a dangerous fuel for the kind of populist, resentment-driven movements that blighted the twentieth century.<br /><br />Whether BHL likes it or not, his friend <i>is</i> "a subject of justice like any other", and the judge has the right, and indeed the <i>obligation</i> to treat him thusly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-48402661584624024652011-05-19T07:25:39.856+01:002011-05-19T07:25:39.856+01:00What about TopCat ("close friends call him TC...What about TopCat ("close friends call him TC...")Mark Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407839707461689152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69988669219416195762011-05-19T06:53:44.270+01:002011-05-19T06:53:44.270+01:00According to various press reports this morning, D...According to various press reports this morning, DSK has resigned from his post at the IMF. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8522592/Dominique-Strauss-Kahn-resigns-as-head-of-International-Monetary-Fund.htmlAndyJnoreply@blogger.com