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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

It is VERY clear to me that that judge reacted calmly and without emotion... He was looking out for her best interest.... She has obviously been failed by the other authority figures in her life and what he did for her was give her the spanking that she has desperately needed for most of her life.... She MAY have been on drugs but she was a little smartass and may be a better citizen if she is able to learn a little respect...... Yep adios at the end of a totally english conversation with a hispanic person is a way to call them out... raising bond is not much of a penalty... she only has to come up with what? 10%? ... that means she has to raise $500 instead of $250 when she claims her ***elry is "worth a lot of money"

She absolutely earned the contempt... she obviously decided to go toe to toe with him and needed to learn to never do that again....... His good intentions are proven by him dropping the contempt charge when she backs down and apologizes and I BET that the apology was his idea.

Smoke, I'm willing to bet that the apology was her lawyers idea and is the normal method of undoing contempt charges. I've seen it in at least 5 cases on jury duty. It's usually agreed to beforehand by the defendants lawyer and the judge, and the actual apology in court is just a formality. Still, it was good to see her sober and contrite. Maybe she's learned something. I certainly hope so.

Please read my comments again. Throughout this discussion I've never defended her actions for actually flipping the Judge the bird. It was wrong, she acted like a horse's a$$ for doing so and she deserved the punishment that the Judge rightfully threw at her. That's never been my point. I agree with everything that everybody has said regarding her conduct.

My point was the Judges conduct, and I still maintain that he acted unprofessionally when he said "Bye-Bye" to her in the manner and tone that he used. Again, I say that he must hold himself to the same high standards that he expects from anyone appearing before him, and it's obvious he didn't in this case. His comment instigated and illicited her adios comment. I think her adios comment was perfectly acceptable and not insulting in this instance.

As to your comment about a role model, since I don't know her parents or anything about them or her I can't comment on what kind of people or parents they are or have been.

Oh, and for anyone else that is reading this, as promised, I've asked several spanish ladies (including the 27 year old OMG fox that sits right next to me at work) if her adios comment was an insult. To a person they said that no, in the Spanish culture, it wasn't an insult, that Adios simply means "see you later" and is not an insult in any circumstances. So I don't know what to say about that.