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Comment Innocent until proven guilty etc? (Score 2, Insightful) 34

In my country court proceedings are secret, as their disclosure can harm ongoing investigations, or simply violate someone's constitutional right to privacy.
Accusations are not convictions. And even if you were convicted of something that's no one else's business. You pay your debt to society, you have the right to a clean slate. Never hear of the Right to be Forgotten laws?
If the US does not protect its I'm sure that one day it will get finally get rid of the media circus bullshit and let people have their dignity.
You're the record holders for bible-thumping, how about "Judge not lest ye be judged" etc.

Comment Re:Can confirm (Score 1) 57

I was one of those who always looked much younger than my actual age. Then, when I was 53, my left internal carotid artery unraveled. Right out of the blue. Besides the obvious plumbing issue, there was collateral damage to the wiring, and there are neurological issues as well. I have no stamina (chronic fatigue), my eyes are all fracked up, and I have serious vertigo problems - like just falling down at random times. I call it 'tumbling the gyros'. Lord knows how many micro-strokes I had before it smoothly scarred over, as I'm told it has done.

If you, as I did at the time, wonder how I survived losing a carotid artery, search on 'Circle of Willis'. Talk about incredible 'design'! Collateral flow - it's why I'm alive.

But my whole life changed. No real Plan B. Couldn't work, for a start. And my plans for my land here just stopped. I just turned 70, and I look it. I feel 80.

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