NOooooooooo....no sarcasm, tho it did sound like that, didn't it? I didn't say I didn't believe it either...just very interesting, for all you mentioned.
When we find someone such as yourself, and your profession, you can be called upon for answers that could be helpful to everyone, Devil.
I would agree that in any profession, it is the constant dealing with the job, that makes it hard to explain to one that isn't in that field what it is like, and I respect that. I agree with you! I,however, know people in that field, and they mostly don't discuss their cases, but I know too, that they don't have an automatic blanketed characteristic of everyone who is in the system...albit that MOST are of the same 'ilk" and that I understand too.
Some people think that if you don't believe Ricci kidnapped E., that you are a Ricci lover and a Smart hater. That is ignorant to say the least. Ricci was probably the scum of the earth, but the time line alone says he couldn't accomplish whatever it was to accomplish, for me. That surely don't make me a lover of Ricci the known criminal.
If I speak of things Smart said that make no sense..( this is because of the constant questionable things he has done and said in public )...but that does not make me , or anyone else, a Smart hater. My gosh, if we all thought like that, our court system would be more screwed up than it already is !!
Like you said in one of your posts, DEVIL, it is unfortunate that a discussion cannot be civil..instead of 2 camps. But maybe one day things will be different.
Like a Tapestry..on one side all you see is a jumbled up mess of thread, all twisted and turned..but..turn it over..and a beautiful picture emerges. someday, we will know.