XPost: alt.talk.royalty, alt.gossip.royalty   
   From: bpears@freenet.co.uk   
      
   Breton wrote:   
   >>If he says he wasn't there, then he wasn't there as far as I am   
   >>concerned.   
      
   Banana retorted:   
   >You're a bit of an idiot then, aren't you?   
   >   
   >Don't you think most murderers will say they were somewhere else, if   
   >they can get away with it?   
      
   Your arguments lack objectivity - it seems that your only   
   criterion for accepting or rejecting a statement or piece of   
   evidence is its  apparent consistency or otherwise with your   
   preconceived conclusion that Princess Diana was murdered by   
   MI6/the Royal Family/the "Establishment". And most of us have   
   some difficulty with that sort of inherent dishonesty.   
      
   A journalist writes that someone told him that a wireless   
   operator told him that Sir Robert was in Paris on the night Di   
   died - and you accept that third-hand report without hesitation   
   despite knowing nothing about the identities/agendas/honesty/   
   reliability etc of the individuals in that reporting chain.  But   
   when Sir Robert - a well-known and respected gentleman - says   
   he wasn't there, you assume he's lying!  And you call Breton   
   an idiot?  If you actually believe what you write, that epithet   
   should be directed at you.   
      
   For my part, why would I doubt the word of a well-respected   
   gentleman like Sir Robert? And why would he lie about his   
   presence in Paris on the night when Princess Diana (his sister-   
   in-law, if memory serves) died in a tragic road traffic accident?   
   His presence or absence would be irrelevant.   
      
   You asked in an earlier post "If he was there, despite his   
   denial, do you think there was an innocent explanation then?"   
   But obviously you weren't thinking very clearly. If he had been   
   one of the high-level conspirators in some devilish plot to   
   murder Princess Di, don't you think he'd have made sure he was   
   anywhere *except* Paris that night? So, yes, if he had been in   
   Paris, I'd be absolutely certain that his presence was completely   
   unrelated to Diana's death.   
      
   --   
   Brian Pears   
   Gateshead, UK   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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