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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> leftthistown </div>');
document.write('"In Victoria it IS, in public places and property. was that photo taken on Courthouse grounds?"    Oh my dear....it is illegal to smoke inside a public building & within so many feey from the entrance....courthouse lawn, driveway, steps, it makes no... <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> stealth </div>');
document.write('research the vasoconstrictive properties of nicotine on the brain <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> ThomasRMartinez </div>');
document.write('Sorry to disappoint you conspiracy theorists. Unfortunately, that was one of the few pictures we had of the judge. We weren\'t allowed in the courtroom on plea day, and the judge didn\'t want to be involved in this article. Advocate photo editor Frank... <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> TexasHuckleberry </div>');
document.write('CG23 Sailor ... Please get off it.. already.. people here are only commenting on the fact they took that darn picture of him with a cigarrillo en su voca ..... with the fact of him playing the part of Columbo give me a break.. and as far as a threat... <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> news2me </div>');
document.write('(Not me) because I completely do not care if he has a cig in hand - but I bet many (if not most) of the Advocate readers immediately formulated a negative impression of the man based on the Advocate’s pics. And I do think that is the reason the editors... <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> RedRage00 </div>');
document.write('The Advocate titled this article "A TOUGH reputation" because of his reputation....that picture of him with the cigarette and his posture makes him look "tough" so to speak. It\'s really common sense why they chose that pic...duh ;-) <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> news2me </div>');
document.write('barely correct. <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> lonestarlady </div>');
document.write('Really, what does smoking, your friends and your colleages have to do with judging this case?  He and the prosecuter are professionals and should reamain unbiased with no regard to their personal lives. <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> CzechFilet </div>');
document.write('Admittedly, I was picking, but effect and affect have different applications.  Germane to a discussion of human behavior, affect is the correct choice.  Just my nit, no offense intended. <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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document.write('<div class="comment_by"> fatboy </div>');
document.write('those 2 words are a stickler. lol.  maybe we all have an affinity to one other or an issue. dunno..      amazing what we see in a pic.   <a href="http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/ViewPost/28806">read more</a></div>');
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