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<p>[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 24498983, member: 91820"]I have a lot more to say about this since some years ago I was involved as an attorney in one of these cases, but I just do not have the time to tell the entire story which is quite bizarre. I can, however, personally attest to the dishonesty of some of those prosecuting these crimes. As an example, my client had a search done of his apartment and numerous articles of value taken unrelated to the case which were not returned as required at the end of the matter. I was told the articles had somehow been "misplaced" and told to file a claim with the government, which we did with proof of ownership and value. Two years later we get a four sentence form letter saying the claim was denied - no reasons given. And we had photographs of the items taken by the government!</p><p><br /></p><p>This was only one example of all sorts of nonsense that went on- it was quite an eye opener - I foolishy believed that the process by which the federal government prosecutes would be on the level instead of thoroughly corrupt.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll add this: two young girls/women in my family have died from drug overdoses, over the last five years - one 17 years old, the other 24 years old. I read this article and think isn't it great that the resources of the state and federal government are spent taking down some "coin dealer" to enforce Greek law while poison gets smuggled into our country in order to kill and enslave our young people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not even addressing the nonsensical argument that the government of Greece has the right to items made thousands of years in the past, or that we in the United States should help enforce those nonsensical rights. Why not Italy since this could have been produced in Italy instead of a traveling mint? The idea that any government has a claim to these objects is absurd, although what is more absurd is that the government of the United States, which gets nothing for its efforts, is enforcing a nonsensical law of some other country.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then again, I guess going after coin dealers is much easier than going after the drug dealers killing 120,000 people each year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 24498983, member: 91820"]I have a lot more to say about this since some years ago I was involved as an attorney in one of these cases, but I just do not have the time to tell the entire story which is quite bizarre. I can, however, personally attest to the dishonesty of some of those prosecuting these crimes. As an example, my client had a search done of his apartment and numerous articles of value taken unrelated to the case which were not returned as required at the end of the matter. I was told the articles had somehow been "misplaced" and told to file a claim with the government, which we did with proof of ownership and value. Two years later we get a four sentence form letter saying the claim was denied - no reasons given. And we had photographs of the items taken by the government! This was only one example of all sorts of nonsense that went on- it was quite an eye opener - I foolishy believed that the process by which the federal government prosecutes would be on the level instead of thoroughly corrupt. I'll add this: two young girls/women in my family have died from drug overdoses, over the last five years - one 17 years old, the other 24 years old. I read this article and think isn't it great that the resources of the state and federal government are spent taking down some "coin dealer" to enforce Greek law while poison gets smuggled into our country in order to kill and enslave our young people. I am not even addressing the nonsensical argument that the government of Greece has the right to items made thousands of years in the past, or that we in the United States should help enforce those nonsensical rights. Why not Italy since this could have been produced in Italy instead of a traveling mint? The idea that any government has a claim to these objects is absurd, although what is more absurd is that the government of the United States, which gets nothing for its efforts, is enforcing a nonsensical law of some other country. But then again, I guess going after coin dealers is much easier than going after the drug dealers killing 120,000 people each year.[/QUOTE]
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