# Whack-a-Mole did something really stupid

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 29, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whack-a-mole-did-something-really-stupid/551862 "2010-08-29T03:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whack-a-mole-did-something-really-stupid/551862/94 "2010-08-31T13:09:32Z")

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> [@How Dare They Not Prosecute Tom Delay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-they-not-prosecute-tom-delay/551280/151):
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> > [@Contrapuntal](#):
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> > Please tell me he didn’t say that.
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> Sorry. From the GD thread:
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> > [@How Dare They Not Prosecute Tom Delay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-they-not-prosecute-tom-delay/551280/151):
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> > Well, now you are splitting hairs. This is a public forum, he is accused of of a crime, you are defending him. You have never publicly defended someone who is factually innocent. Therefore, he is guilty.

Criminy. That makes me a public defender too. Where do I pick up my paycheck?

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