OT - in support of NY State

[Mohoender]

You might all know what has been in the news front since yesterday in France, the arrest of the FMI Head in New York.

Over the past 24 hours, I have heard everything about it in France including the idea of trap set up for the man (who had been favorite in the run for our presidency). I have also heard several personalities expressing their chock in front of the NY states attitude and in front of the images shown.

For my part, I have not seen anything chocking but some crappy newspapers titles (always crappy anyway).

I have heard plenty (if not all) of our politicians/journalists declare that this is catastrophic for the image of France. I find what is happening much less damaging than ther own declaration.

More, important, I have heard only one french personality having some thoughts for the victim. If the man remains innocent until found guilty, it is not for them to imply that the victim is lying.

Indeed, I might think that the state of New York is slightly overreacting but, objectively, this is not the case in the face of France attitude over the past four years. We have publicly challenged judicial decision by several countries including one by the USA (california vs Polanski) basically declaring that american general attorneys and judges are corrupt politicians concerned only with their elections. Moreover, France is well known not to be collaborating in similar cases.

As a result, I find the NY states perfectly right in his attitude and just wanted to say if. Might not be the right place for it but it might be very frustrating sometimes to live in France.