Walked past there this afternoon. They had ''Closing down after 105 years'' in the window. Really sad.

I wonder how many people (myself included) bemoaning Hudsons closure, actually shoped there?

I switched my allegiance to Some Kinda Mushroom in the 70's because they would order records that Hudsons wouldn't.

Really must get a photo of the shop front before it goes. Where, in 2012, can you see a town centre shop advertising ''Record & Cassette Centre''? My eighteen year old daughter has no idea what a cassette is!

As many have said, it's very sad.

Charles Darwin said it best:

                                       ''It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change''

Slacker,

You're right. It's like the little kid in the playground, pandering to the school bully for protection whilst dumping our real friends, Australia, New Zealand, Canada etc.

Pete,
Thanks for the welcome, I have read your previous posts and respect your opinions.

Yes, I am focused on the financial aspects of this case. This guy has made 150k out of this and yet he is being portrayed as some kind of victim. As far as I know, he knew what he was doing, the US are making a test case out of it for whatever (financial) reasons.

We have an extradition treaty with the U.S.  we should uphold it

He is obviously not a terrorist but a treaty is a treaty and the law is the law, weather we like it or not.

Thanks for the welcome Fly.

Not trying to get into an argument with my first post, but I do think this story raises a lot of questions.

The United States are our greatest ally. We have an extradition treaty with them. We should stick to it.

The press (DT) paint this guy whiter than white, an innocent, he isn't.

As I said, he will have his day in court.