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Subject: Re: This is true....(OT)

Author: David Mitchell

Date: 04:26:52 07/16/04

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On July 16, 2004 at 06:49:13, Norm Pollock wrote:

>On July 16, 2004 at 03:28:15, David Mitchell wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 2004 at 02:57:52, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Japan%20Bobby%20Fischer
>>>
>>>"Officials were preparing to deport him to the United States, the Asahi Shimbun
>>>newspaper said Friday, citing unnamed sources."
>>>
>>>
>>>He's coming to the US, where he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars.
>>>
>>>Exciting end to his life, eh?
>>
>>Fischer's paranoia and anti-semitism (which is ironic because he's part jewish),
>>will certainly not help his case, however, he's not guilty of anything except
>>traveling to Yugoslavia and, probably the more serious charge, of failing to pay
>>taxes on his prize money.
>>
>>Doesn't sound like a lifetime sentence to me. Just hope he doesn't kick & bite
>>some federal marshall on the way back. :)
>>
>>Dave
>
>Sounds like he will serve his time in a mental hospital instead of jail-time.

Naw, we'll just have Rolf T give him a touch of his "magic", and he'll be fine!
:)

Dave



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