Recent content by Leander

Everyone I know who's into "haute cuisine" won't stop waxing eloquent about the health properties of charcoal. For me, the very smell of wood ash on that chicken means several trips to the loo or downright vomiiting. Is it because I'm allergic to timber?

This is true, and definitely presents another wrinkle. I can only suppose that he didn't really understand what he was pleading to, otherwise why would he appeal later? Frankly, for someone guilty of deception, "Dudu" doesn't appear to be too bright.

Thank you for addressing my points. IMO the change in law by the High Court, and the subsequent ruling by Judge Segal, presents a fairly obvious slippery slope. The first instance seems a bit easier to understand - he coerced his victims into sex by not only misrepresenting himself but also...

If you take the Haaretz article at face value (assuming there weren't other mitigating circumstances), then why was he not convicted of fraud instead of rape? According to the article: The only precedent appears to deal with coercion more than deception:

You guys are all going to HELL for making fun of a mentally ill person. You should be ashamed.

I think you've both missed the point. In the case of the neurosurgeon, the man was convicted of fraud, not rape. As the article points out, the only precedent for "rape by deception" appears to be a case where the victims were coerced into sex with a false offer of free stuff, not simply...

My daughter loves the Coin pushing game on the Wii Carnival funfair game and i have been looking for a similar game for her iphone, has anybody came across one?

I know that trash trucks do not pick up rocks