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Old 11-01-2008
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The reason we're treating them unevenly is that they have earned different levels of respect or derision.
Dog, thanks. I honestly understand that. Completely and utterly. I've just been saying (just as exhaustively) that I don't think that's a fair starting place. There are plenty of things that are worth serious scrutiny in any and every event (as I just sated above). And NO investigative agency is going to start evaluating an event with the premise above. So why should we - unless there is some other point to be proven?

To that end, what do his fellow seaman think about the skipper of the Exxon Valdez? I would hope they have even more derision for him than anyone could possibly have for someone like Ronnie. That would seem evenhanded.
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