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To: supercat
It is almost certainly not Judge Greer's words verbatum. It's somebody's interpretation of what Judge Greer said. As to how closely it resembles what he actually said, I have no idea.

On what basis do you draw the conclusion that the Judge wouldn't have said this??

83 posted on 11/05/2003 6:35:24 PM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: pollywog
On what basis do you draw the conclusion that the Judge wouldn't have said this??

Perhaps I was being a little strong, but (1) the original context in which it was quoted suggested it was more likely a paraphrase than an exact quotation; (2) the use of #1 and #2 obscures whatever real words would have been used there, and is more typically a written construct than a spoken one [unless they represent "first" and "second"]; (3) the sentence was long enough, and not--to my knowledge--repeated, indicating that unless someone had immediate access to the stenotype or a recording (bearing in mind that many courts forbid people from bringing in recorders) it's likely the wording would be inexact.

87 posted on 11/05/2003 6:41:43 PM PST by supercat (Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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