Posted by William Gill on 10/08/07 00:53

Neredbojias wrote:

>
> ... I certainly _don't_
> believe that the solution lies with the judges because judges _are_
> lawyers and will generally be swayed by the associated inequitable
> mindset intrinsically related to their "calling".
>

Judges are also human, and thus potentially swayed by many things.
Checks and balances should be central to any solution.

> ... I simply cannot accept
> the old "It's not perfect but it works" tenet.
>

‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
men to do nothing.’
Edmund Burke

> Here's one tenet I do believe in: if something's broke, fix it.
>

And don't expect ANY fix to be a permanent solution. The system in the
U.S. is not good because 231 years ago several wise men found the
"perfect system." It is good because they had the wisdom to build a
system with methods for implementing significant change, without the
bloodshed usually inherent to such change.

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