John Bolinas
23 Dec 2007

 

Mr. Eduardo Pontaoe,

If this forum is likened to a cowboy gun duel, you are quick to the draw. But I have doubt if you are a straight shooter.

I may butt in in any topic I want but will shun any nasty debate. I am just concerned how you attack or critique the opinion of other speaker or writer and your adversaries in this forum. When you accused a person as corrupt like Joey De Venencia and Maxine Waters, you probably forgot the legal precept: A person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. As far as I know these people are not yet charged or convicted of graft and corruption or any other crime involving moral turpitude.

I admire your boldness in accusing these people of being corrupt. Easier said but hard to prove. Mere conjectures or innuendoes drawn from your reading in the media or derived from gossips may not hold ground. Not everything written in the media is correct. And you know that well too.

Show to the whole world the proof what really convinced you to say that these people are corrupt.

Going back to your claim that Maxine Waters is corrupt. If she is involved or what you are saying is entirely true, there could be an avalanche of stories in the Internet and in the print media and could have forced her to resign. Until now, she is still in the US Congress.

The best part of your commentary is that, readers enjoy the sharpness of your attack and the acidity of your critique.

It would be a different ballgame, Mr. Pontaoe if you will be arguing in another forum– in a court of law. You will be hard-pressed and will sweat profusely to prove your allegations.

The quantum of proof required in a criminal case is proof beyond reasonable doubt, not just preponderance of evidence based from articles in the newspaper or statements from political opponents and broadcasters.

Let me give a quote from the bible. The way of a fool seems right to him but a wise man listens to advice, Proverbs 12:15

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