And if I'm accused of axe-murdering my neighbor's chickens, is it a
matter for RBP, simply because I'm a paddler?

Again, I think you guys are going too far. I think you really know
this, deep down, because you use an example that says "chickens"
and not "children".

Think about it.



Well, I don't think anyone is saying that the charges aren't serious; they
certainly are. But (at least to me), the question is whether or not it is
appropriate to introduce them *here*. I know I would be upset if any legal
issues I might have were aired on RBP simply because I'm a boater; wouldn't
you?

For the reasons you mentioned in another post, people generally assume that
if charged, the individual *must* be guilty because the prosecutor *must*
have had solid evidence and the paper *must* have checked all the facts.
Forwarding that story amounts to a defacto conviction in the court of public
opinion.