Shyrell Melara <shyrellmelara@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi David, > > Thanks for your input. I would hope this is not a game. I don't do > games. Too many variables. I simply feel that I have already done > all things possible and feel completely comfortable in going before > the magistrate and presenting my defence. Whether or not I look good > is the opinion of the magistrate and will (I'm sure) be based on the > evidence given. Of course, we all want to look good in the eyes of > others. But sometimes, no matter what we do, it isn't going to > happen. I can talk myself blue in the face and present an O.J. load > of evidence, but again, it all boils down to how the other person is > going to view me. > > Case in point: You called this a "noxious little game" and I did not > intend for it to look this way. But to you, evidently, it > does. <shrugging shoulders> And I was referring primarily to your clients' behavior, not to yours, if that wasn't clear. I was thinking in terms of how you can survive, without excessive damage, through this mess that they're forcing you (with a little help from the lab) to go through. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>