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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default Be glad you don't live in England, Andy


"ffu" > wrote in message
> -->>
> -->> Can you? I don't believe so...they'd destroy their stores'
> credibility
> -->> first.
> -->
> -->It is damaging property. Maybe that is not a crime where you live.
> Sure, it
> -->is petty but sometimes people go after the publicity to make a point.
> -->
>
> OK ED, here's what a lawyer says, a dear friend Gord whose been a lawyer
> 20
> years said that the company may charge them, they may take them to court.
> But
> once there the court will quite probably take the view that the case is
> frivilous and a waste of their time and throw the case out. Then the media
> would quite probably pickup the story and the company would have
> themselves in
> the middle of negative media for weeks, and all for 60 Pence ($1.05 Cdn),
> ($0.99 US).
> It would never happen... I would hope that the company has smarter people
> ( than you) who wouldn't allow this farce to get past the reprimand stage.


So, I was correct, they can be prosecuted. Now, if you had better reading
comprehension, I never said they should or that I would and you would have
not have had to make a personal attack.

Nah, five years probation would be enough.