Two points this self-quotation fails to address:- One is that, because there is a distinction in law and logic between "wrongful arrest" and "it not being proper to pursue a charge" (so that charges can be rightly dropped without, ipso facto, that making the arrest wrongful), a quotation saying the "charge was dropped, quite rightly" does not actually tell us whether the arrest was lawful or not - nor does it ground any 'inference' one way or the other afaik. So how the quotation gives us something solid from which perhaps "we" can infer whether his arrest was wrongful (or not) escapes me. The second is that it remains unclear (to me) what the "?!" pertains too. (Which "we" might infer was the point of my post). Donal London ________________________________ From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 15:36 Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: QPR v Chelsea >so are we meant to "think" he was not wrongfully arrested perhaps "we" can infer that from my >>>>>>>>>> In McAlpine's case, there wasn't a court, the charge was dropped; quite rightly, it really doesn't fall under the provisions of the Public Order Act etc.. <<<<<<<<<< Judy Evans, Cardiff --- On Wed, 26/10/11, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: QPR v Chelsea To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, 26 October, 2011, 15:12 From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >he was subsequently paid £7,000 in compensation and his legal costs, and a >senior police officer went to see him to apologise. ?!, you think? So do I. > "?!" = "Goodness gracious, whatever next?!"? But "think" (so surprised/nonplussed?) about what? That he received as much as £7,000 (iwcase, what should he have received)? That he got his legal costs? That he was given an apology? Compensation, costs and an apology might seem in order if he was wrongfully arrested, so are we meant to "think" he was not wrongfully arrested and that the result is simply because "there's been a fair amount of yelling and screaming by Christians here about the infringement of their rights to foist themselves on people..."? Donal 1-6, 1-6 London ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html