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David,
I note your comments about Mr. Plumlee, and I think there are some things that would be helpful in understanding the difference in the way Wayne Fincher comes across versus Chris Plumlee.
First, Chris Plumlee is a wet behind the ears little boy. My impression is that he is either late 20's or very early 30's in his years. As you know, Wayne is over 60 years old. It is a given that age and experience make a world of difference in how one sees things, and responds to those things.
Second, Chris Plumlee only knows what he was taught, otherwise (my impression is) he doesn't have a clue. I did not see anything in his conduct during the entire trial to dissuade me from this conclusion in my analysis of him.
Third, by appearance, Chris Plumlee is a "pretty boy" and he conducts himself as such. This combined with the second point means that the boy is shallow and lives on the surface. Of course, if you are going to miscarry justice in the way that Mr. Plumlee did, you cannot have any depth to your character, otherwise you cannot live with yourself.
Now, this is not to say that Wayne was, or is perfect. However, he does have depth, and he does have character. Moreover, he holds certain things to be absolute, unchangable truth. I doubt seriously this is the case with Mr. Plumlee.
Thus, you see night and day difference between the two in the exchange that took place. There were a couple of times that I thought that Wayne would have liked to tanned Chris Plumlee's hide for being disrespectful. If I remember correctly, the thought that crossed my mind was that Mr. Plumlee was a "snot-nosed brat" because he certainly acted like it.
By the way, if anyone thinks this is harsh or slanderous, it isn't. It is simply the truth about the impressions I had of the two individuals involved.
Jul 21, 2007, 1:14:00 AM
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