BobnLesley
Well-Known Member
Thanks KellsEye, you've cheered me up no end; even by your exacting standards, this one was a corker:
Whilst I hate to be picky and concede that my limited legal knowledge leans more to contract rather than criminal law, your post does perhaps suggest the slightest hint of double-standards with regard to the rules of evidence?
RichardS (home noted as Midlands, so presumably British?) tells you that "some' Brits / Germans / Italians / etc steal stuff", yet you refute this suggestion for a lack of hard evidence. Meanwhile, you continue to assert that 'the French (all of them presumably?) do steal, because "a Frenchman in Martinique told me."
Then again, perhaps I've completely misconstrued the thrust of your post and what you're actually reporting is the inherent truthfulness of Frenchmen in Martinique, when compared to people from the Midlands, whose word is clearly not to be believed.
I've lost count of the number of times that I've heard the story about the French sailing book which explains how to steal, though I've never yet seen the name or ISBN number of this famous book included in the allegation - not even by yourself in this latest re-hash. You also repeat the tale of the Frenchman leaving the Caribbean with a yacht stuffed-full of stolen dinghies. Whilst I've no doubt that some yacht, of some nationality at some time, has been stopped somewhere with a forecabin piled high with dinghies or perhaps outboards - as that's the other one that's oft repeated - I do find it difficult to believe that based on the second/third-hand stories circulating the Caribbean, this crime is repeated every year, with the invariably French perpetrator(s) departing from each of four or five different Caribbean Islands. Have you ever heard the term Urban Myth?
I do regret this inability to accept your allegations without some proof KellysEye, though if I were to subsequently discovered that you were actually a Frenchman from Martinique, who just happened to be currently residing in Emsworth, then I would of course change my position in an instant; as I know as well as the next man, that there's no solider piece of proof to be had, than the hearsay evidence of Frenchman from Martinique.
Whilst I hate to be picky and concede that my limited legal knowledge leans more to contract rather than criminal law, your post does perhaps suggest the slightest hint of double-standards with regard to the rules of evidence?
RichardS (home noted as Midlands, so presumably British?) tells you that "some' Brits / Germans / Italians / etc steal stuff", yet you refute this suggestion for a lack of hard evidence. Meanwhile, you continue to assert that 'the French (all of them presumably?) do steal, because "a Frenchman in Martinique told me."
Then again, perhaps I've completely misconstrued the thrust of your post and what you're actually reporting is the inherent truthfulness of Frenchmen in Martinique, when compared to people from the Midlands, whose word is clearly not to be believed.
I've lost count of the number of times that I've heard the story about the French sailing book which explains how to steal, though I've never yet seen the name or ISBN number of this famous book included in the allegation - not even by yourself in this latest re-hash. You also repeat the tale of the Frenchman leaving the Caribbean with a yacht stuffed-full of stolen dinghies. Whilst I've no doubt that some yacht, of some nationality at some time, has been stopped somewhere with a forecabin piled high with dinghies or perhaps outboards - as that's the other one that's oft repeated - I do find it difficult to believe that based on the second/third-hand stories circulating the Caribbean, this crime is repeated every year, with the invariably French perpetrator(s) departing from each of four or five different Caribbean Islands. Have you ever heard the term Urban Myth?
I do regret this inability to accept your allegations without some proof KellysEye, though if I were to subsequently discovered that you were actually a Frenchman from Martinique, who just happened to be currently residing in Emsworth, then I would of course change my position in an instant; as I know as well as the next man, that there's no solider piece of proof to be had, than the hearsay evidence of Frenchman from Martinique.
