Originally Posted by
kunsunoke
Reubens got about the same legal treatment as Lindsey Lohan usually gets, and probably somewhat better. He'd had a record of arrests in Sarasota, and he and his lawyers had tried to cover up the whole thing when it happened. So, you're right - there is a double-standard here. I doubt the other guys arrested in the theater that night were as well-equipped to handle the legal system as Paul was.
Personally I'm much more concerned about why this government cares about what I eat, what I think, what my kids learn, who I associate with, who I call on the phone, where I worship, how much gasoline my car burns, or how many weapons I might have protecting my home.
I fail to see how touching yourself in a private movie theater geared around touching yourself is the equal of Lohan's record of operating vehicles while intoxicated and lighting things on fire. I'm in no danger from Reubens...I wouldn't want to be on a block with Lohan.
I won't go down the political rabbit hole by arguing with the other observations.
I went to college in Sarasota - lived there for several years...I remember their local politicos with little fondness. It was a small town mindset with delusions of grandeur and a lot of egotist locals that thought a retirement fund also granted diplomatic immunity.