solvitquick, and I also continued in my next line with ‘in this case’. Of course it’s ‘in this case’. This is the case we’re talking about! I’m at a loss to understand why you think I’ve twisted jno’s post which implied that the offender had claimed that it was someone else’s job to stop him, inferring, quite unfairly I believe, that he has failed to accept full responsibility for his actions – which as far as I’m aware he hasn’t. However, I’m willing to be corrected, but I’m still awaiting an answer. I freely confess I am guilty of ignorance of French law – but you didn’t understand why extra charges were brought so I told you what I’d heard on BBC Radio 4 – the content of which has since been verified by other people here. As for disappointing you – I am never duplicitous, and hence, disappointing those who have a penchant for assuming that their own questionable methods are also employed by others is of no consequence to me. Furthermore, I have no objection whatsoever to disappointing anyone who finds it impossible to conduct a discussion without resorting to personal insults. I’m delighted to say that a mind that can produce such unwarranted venom into what is simply a conversation between total strangers is quite beyond my comprehension.
And incidentally, unlike you, I am not in the habit of insulting people. Since my use of the word ‘silly’ followed a reference to ‘this case’, I would have thought it pretty obvious that I was referring to this whole sorry mess and simply reiterating my opinion of the teacher in question.
Jude, thank you.