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To: Pat W. who wrote (34822)2/23/1999 7:44:00 AM
From: MacCoy  Respond to of 67261
 
Pat, good to clarify:<<Following you logic, if you shoot at me and miss, no harm was done. Should the "system" look the other way?>>
Look the other way implies doing nothing, as in ending the case. Is your shooting an accusation? verdict? truth? It was indeed harmful, if proven. [Attempt to...] If unproven, then yes the system should look the other way, NOT, as with BC, create punishment. Worse than punishment for unproven harm, is creating wrong and punishing where proven unharm.