"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 7/2/2016 5:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> There is a restaurant in our town that opened about two years ago. It is
>> by far the best one that has been in that location over the years. They
>> have great food and very reasonable prices. It was our favourite
>> restaurant for a while.
>>
>> The owner/chef has just been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading
>> guilty to a charge of careless driving.
>>
>
>> I had been willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until the
>> criminal case was settled... . until I heard the other details. I have
>> not been able to bring myself to go there. It is a good restaurant and
>> it is the closest one to my house, but I cannot bring myself to
>> patronize a place that is owned by people who would do something like
>> that. They ruined a young woman's life and they ruined the lives of the
>> woman's family. Everything about the case leaves them with a really bad
>> smell.
>>
>> I know that a lot of people feel the same way I do and will not go
>> there. Yet, many others will. The place is packed all the time.
>> They obviously won't miss my business, but I still can't do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> To make matters worse,
>
> So why don't you suggest he be executed? Yes, the law should punish him
> for irresponsible behavior but to deny him the ability to make a living is
> going beyond the law. Perhaps she should be to and I'm sure she is
> getting some share of the financial and emotional stress.
>
> If you want to be judge, jury, executioner that is your choice. I'd
> continue to patronize the restaurant.

The thing is... Stuff like this is happening all around us but we don't
necessarily know who these people are. Yeah, we might hear about some
accident on the news or on Facebook or whatever. But we might not connect
the person to the business.

My parents were friends with restaurant owners. They divorced. Although my
parents loved the restaurant, they felt they could not go there because it
would be like showing favoritism to the person who wound up with the place
in the divorce settlement. And as it turned out, they ended up sort of not
being friends with either person any more for that reason as well.