--- Mark Shurtleff <gaijin@sfcmd.com> wrote:

At 05:44 PM 5/26/2004, Larry F wrote:

        Dunno why you wrote it that way, but it's not very effective
storytelling. That sort of deus-ex-machina device is, at least on the
surface, a sign of laziness on the part of the writer.

I disagree with the "not very effective storytelling" part completely - 
having been told by other readers with a significant amount of "real world 
experience" that I was actually too *damn* effective.

"Deus-ex-machine"??  *snort*

This sort of comment is, at least on the surface, a sign of extreme 
laziness and ignorance on the part of the reader.

Anyone who does not understand *why* there is a 95% conviction rate for 
arrests in Japan hasn't bothered to do any research on the criminal justice 
system in Japan.

I see what you are saying.  I did not think the whole 'do not arrest unless
conviction is assured' PR was true, but these fellows make the LAPD look like
pikers.

HTG


	
		
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