Quoting Michael Grant to Gordon Lewicky 
 Subj. Robinson's Ring Theft Called "Laughable", dated 21-Apr-2004 22:02 

Hi Mike,

 MG> You or I would be charged in the blink of an eye...

 MG> One wonders whether he truly was as "racked by guilt" as
he claims, or
 MG> whether the impetus for him turning himself in was simply the fact
 MG> that he was made aware of his being caught on video in the act... 
 MG> IMO, the fact that he hasn't resigned his seat shows that he is
 MG> without a shred of honor. 

He has stated he'll hold it for the few months until the election
and not run again, for what that's worth.

What I find somewhat incredible, is that living here, and always
watching the local news, not very much was said by the local media
about the fact that the video was taken and the police had it for
2 days. I was very much down-played here, if mentioned at all.

But we did have oodles of segments of all his past controversy,
and how he was the first public gay MP, and how he got charged for
comtempt when he was tree hugging and all the other things good
NDP'ers do.

There is no doubt that he was one of the hardest working MP's for
his constituents, but in reality, the media here sure took it easy
on him. There was a huge media uproar over Premier Campbell
getting caught driving drunk in Hawaii which lasted well over a
month, but good ole Sven gets patted on the back and told tsk tsk,
you shouldn't steal but we understand your distraught over a
previous broken jaw and ankle. He had to crawl a whole 300 metres to a
house to get aid. Bah!

I seem to recall a man who cut off his own arm after 3 days pinned
then walk miles before he was rescued and he didn't steal any
rings later!

Cheers...
Gordon Lewicky (Pdk)

email glewicky{at}telus.net   http://milkyway.tzo.com


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