Poirot wrote:I went over the possible reasons behind Graken being scum (on page 2, I believe), but I have to say that it's fairly impossible for Graken to be scum (and still alive). I say that we take Graken at face value and move on-it isn't a big deal.
Uh, I've been quite convinced from the get-go that Graken isn't pulling some sort of risky gambit. That wasn't the point of my post.
Dodgy wrote:Get with the programme Green Crayons,
Poirot did pick up on it and after input from a couple of others, I addressed it.
Read my posts.
I
am
with the program, sir. And, while I found you to be suspicious while reading through the posts, I was surprised that what I thought was the most suspicious point of the quotation that Falcone brought to light nobody talked about.
Here's your quote again, and I'll explain further:
Dodgy wrote:I think we all need to decide whether we take Graken at face value or whether we think he has made too many stupid mistakes now to be our real cop.
You're giving an ultimatium to the town to decide to believe that Graken is indeed a cop or if he has made "stupid mistakes" which would mean that he is scum. However, my point of contention with your suggestion is that I believe that Graken is a cop
because
he has made all these stupid mistakes, such as revealing himself as well as his weakness. It's quite obvious that he made some errors in judgement, but it looks in this quote as if you're telling the town to decide that Graken's scum if we think he's done things that we consider stupid.
(Note to Graken: Personally, I think "stupid" is too a harsh word, so every time I or someone else uses it, just replace it with "error in judgement." It's a shame that you outed yourself so early in the game, but it's all good, we have to learn at some point.)
I thought it was a suspicious statement to make, and nobody commented specifically about this line. If they did, I missed it, and by all means pull the quotes out so I can read what I missed.
BabyJesus wrote:I suggest you target Graken tonight.....
Why should he manipulate the role name and description for someone who is - more than likely - going to die?
"This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is 'actually' innocent." In re Davis, 557 U.S. 952, 955 (2009) (Scalia, J., dissenting).