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Originally Posted by BWinmill
I should be clear that I didn't mean to contradict what you were saying. I simply wanted to elaborate on the point that life is much more complex than, "motive implies crime."
You are correct: things can get very complicated very fast when you're dealing with sophisticated criminals. Likewise, it takes skilled investigators to untangle that mess. Even then those investigators are not always successful. Finding the truth is often beyond the realm of bloggers and forum posters (such as myself). On the other hand, recognizing our limitations in uncovering that truth is something that we should all be able to recognize -- especially before participating in a lynch mob. (Again, that comment is not directed at you. Though some of the participants in this thread should consider it.)
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You have a point. It's very easy to 'jump to conclusions' about just about anything and climb on the bandwagon/grab a torch and/or pitchfork and start baying for the other fellows blood. When you bring in message boards like this one it becomes even easier. If you have to physically move in order to take a stand one way or the other you have a lapse of some time in which to think things over and consider your position. With message boards though that time isn't there. You can think of what you want to say and say it before thinking things through only to have to make apologies later. Plus even if you do take the time to think before posting it's very possible for someone to misinterpret your words as they don't have the ability to see your body language or hear the tone & inflections of your voice to see if you are being serious or ironic or sarcastic etc. in your posting. Not that I'm accusing anyone of any of those things in this case or anything. It's just a shortcoming of the technology.