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[bond4life]

Would they have arrested Le Chiffre or go play against him in poker?

[Judo chop]

Probably neither.

[OmarB]

Depends. Is prostitution legal in France at the time of the publishing of the book? I don't know too much about those laws, but otherwise they didn't have him on much more. Prostitution and suspected money laundering for terrorists. Pretty flimsy case.

[Mister Asterix]

Depends. Is prostitution legal in France at the time of the publishing of the book? I don't know too much about those laws, but otherwise they didn't have him on much more. Prostitution and suspected money laundering for terrorists. Pretty flimsy case.

According to the book:

Barely three months later, on 13 April, there was passed in France Law No. 46685 entitled Loi Tendant à la Fermeture des Maisons de Tolérance et au Renforcement de la Lutte contre le Proxénitisme.

[...]

This law [he read] known popularly as ‘La Loi Marthe Richard’, closing all houses of ill fame and forbidding the sale of pornographic books and films knocked the bottom out of his investment almost overnight and suddenly Le Chiffre was faced with a serious deficit in his union funds.

[MkB]

Would they have arrested Le Chiffre or go play against him in poker?

They would have had a team of ferocious accountants out for his blood, finding a more mathematical and more secure way of ruining Le Chiffre than sending a semi-alcoholic poker player against him

[OmarB]

Depends. Is prostitution legal in France at the time of the publishing of the book? I don't know too much about those laws, but otherwise they didn't have him on much more. Prostitution and suspected money laundering for terrorists. Pretty flimsy case.

According to the book:

Barely three months later, on 13 April, there was passed in France Law No. 46685 entitled Loi Tendant à la Fermeture des Maisons de Tolérance et au Renforcement de la Lutte contre le Proxénitisme.
[...]
This law [he read] known popularly as ‘La Loi Marthe Richard’, closing all houses of ill fame and forbidding the sale of pornographic books and films knocked the bottom out of his investment almost overnight and suddenly Le Chiffre was faced with a serious deficit in his union funds.

Cool, I have not read the book in a while.

[Fan]

Would they have arrested Le Chiffre or go play against him in poker?

They would have had a team of ferocious accountants out for his blood, finding a more mathematical and more secure way of ruining Le Chiffre than sending a semi-alcoholic poker player against him

Poker? Have you read the book by any chance?

[OmarB]

He said poker so that's a negative on having read the book.

Edited by OmarB, 29 May 2009 - 09:52 PM.

[dinovelvet]

Would they have arrested Le Chiffre or go play against him in poker?

If he was arrested, there's no guarantee he would have co-operated. By bankrupting him at the card table, it makes the idea of talking with MI6 (or the CIA) and making a deal look like a better alternative for him than going back to Mr. White empty handed.

[MkB]

Would they have arrested Le Chiffre or go play against him in poker?

They would have had a team of ferocious accountants out for his blood, finding a more mathematical and more secure way of ruining Le Chiffre than sending a semi-alcoholic poker player against him

Poker? Have you read the book by any chance?

Well, have you read the title of the forum where this thread is posted, by any chance? It says "Film Eras > Daniel Craig (2006 - ) > Casino Royale (2006)", hence the "poker". If we were discussiong the novel, in the "Literary 007", I would have used "baccarat".

[007½]

With the present British Government, we probably would do nothing. Unless we gave him an honorary knighthood for services to the economy.