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To: Stitch who wrote (1430)	2/3/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: LK2	Respond to of 2025

*WAY OFF TOPIC* We live in a rational world, which is why stock prices reflect rational judgment. The capital value of 20 cents is 2 1/2 years in prison (or 15 years, if the judge wanted to maximize the sentence). In the meantime, who is going to take care of the woman's children? Does the government pay for the children to be cared for, throw them out into the street, write the children off as worthless, or what? Actually, if the woman had been a real capitalist, she would have stolen $25, 000 worth of something. That way, she'd have a little greater return on her potential jail time. Regards, Larry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> foxnews.com Mother of four sentenced to prison for stealing 20 cents 12.36 p.m. ET (1737 GMT) February 3, 1999 BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian woman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing the equivalent of 20 cents,a punishment the judge described as lenient on Wednesday. Adela Dirivan testified she took the money from a man's pocket in Bucharest last year to pay her bus fare home. The woman is from a hamlet outside Pitesti in southern Romania. The sentence is part of a crackdown on theft that began in 1996 when parliament approved longer sentences for the crime. As a result — and to the outrage of many Romanians — even petty theft, previously punishable by a prison term measured in months, now can land the perpetrator in jail for years. Dirivan faced a maximum of 15 years in prison. But the judge said she took into account that the woman had no criminal record and four children, the youngest of whom is 7 months old. "Stealing is stealing, and I gave her less than the recommended minimum sentence,'' the judge said. On the day Dirivan was sentenced last week, the same Bucharest court gave a 4-year sentence to a man convicted of stealing $25,000 worth of cars, the Libertatea newspaper reported. Dirivan is free, pending an appeal. © 1999 Associated Press. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

To: Stitch who wrote (1430)	2/3/1999 4:23:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Interesting release: biz.yahoo.com <<''Previously, in the U.S., Fuji acted more as a ''me, too'' company, whereas they were more aggressive in Japan,'' Pepple said. ''But that does not work in the U.S. so Fuji is now going toward educating and branding the Digital Fuji product and is taking the 'evil' out of digital.'' It would take the ''evil'' away by enabling consumers to use digital cameras without having to use a computer.>> Are computers evil? Yogi