THE CO DISCOVERER OF HIV Prof. Luc Montagnier's Extended House of Numbers

Sorry, but the event does not meet my standards for implausibility. His attitude towards the matter in public, and the fact that his mother is one of these enabling "MY BOY IS AN ANGEL" cows ... the burden of proof is on him to show that he isn't really some 'Me me me me me!' nerd who wants to be on the front of some magazines while people like Manning do all of the work (and face the music for him). Where's the solidarity?

Worthless fuck.

[QUOTE] [b]Zebonka12 wrote:[/b]
the burden of proof is on him to show that he isn't really some [/QUOTE]

I understand, and partially share, your sentiments, however, I emphatically reject the above. The entire foundation of our legal system, and of any decent legal system, is that one has to be proven guilty. If we reverse the burden of proof, we end up with an untenable situation. Imagine the following:

I buy a car. Some guy walks by, and decides "hey, that's a nice set of wheels", calls the cops, and says that I've stolen the car. The cops come, with said guy. I ask them if they are by any chance stark raving mad, they assure me they aren't, inform me of the fact that said guy claims I stole the car from him. I, of course, deny, at which point the cops tell me to *prove* that I didn't steal it. So, I rush indoors and return with the proper paperwork. "He must've forged it", the guy says. So the cops turn to me "can you prove that you haven't forged these, sir?"

Can you see where this is heading? Guilt can be proven most of the time. Innocence is almost impossible to prove.

Oh, very true. I was running my mouth faster than my brain (business as fuckin' usual) and didn't mean 'burden of proof' in the legal sense. Even though most of the rest of my comments relate to a legal matter.

I guess what I'd really like is to believe that he does actually stand for something, because wouldn't that be nice? What I mean to say is that at this point it's up to him to throw us a bone. Because everything else I've ever heard from him does not ring true to someone who is prepared to see his job through regardless of what will happen to him.

I'd be an ass if I claimed to be up on all of the legalities, but on a personal level it just feels screwy that he keeps coming up with new ways of dodging the folks that are after him. The parties concerned need to declare to get this business over with. Sweden's got to clarify what would happen if he went there (as far as deportation goes). And honestly - he can't just expect to live a life skipping every town where he's accused of doing something screwy. Wouldn't I just love to avoid legal proceedings whenever I feel like I haven't done anything wrong.

It shits me to tears though. So much nonsense in the media; how are you even meant to have a proper trial after that? The whole thing is infuriating. And I think it's exactly how he likes it. He's had so much fun getting the spotlight that he's forgotten why he wanted it in the first place.