From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 18:28:56 +0800
To: lurker@ottoman.net
Subject: Ms. Roby Ridge of 1997 Crowned several times...
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lurker@ottoman.net wrote:

> ROBY, Illinois (CNN) -- Shirley A. Allen, a mentally disturbed woman
> who held police off for 39 days with a shotgun and entertained herself
> by listening to public radio, was captured Thursday and taken to a
> hospital.
...
> Others questioned the expense of the standoff.
> Gainer tackled that one  head-on at a news conference Thursday, saying
> it was about $15,000 a day.   He estimated the total cost
> of the operation at $750,000 to $1 million.
...
> "...said John Powers, a neighbor and one of the
> protesters. "We don't know if they'll treat her as a
> person who is sane or as a person who tried to shoot
> their dog."

  What are the chances of her being found 'sane' if it might
result in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the same
government who assaulted her out of Choatian expediency instead
of investing some 'quality time' in sharing a few cups of
coffee with her in order to avert such a ludicrous scenarios?

  My guess is that whoever is chosen to declare her 'batty' has
a bright, successful career ahead of them.
(But I would love to be pleasantly surprised.)

TruthMonger