Posted by Neredbojias on 10/09/07 01:12

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:53:53
GMT William Gill scribed:

> 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.

Yep.

>> ... 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

Yep again.

>> 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.

No, things do change. Flexibility is important, and that lacking is
really a good part of what's wrong with the legal community right now.

> 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.

Well, I agree in principle, but not all those changes have been for the
better. I think I can sum-up my philosophy by reciting that Freedon
isn't free; it takes constant "watch-dogging" and safeguarding if you
want you and your children to have the kind of freedoms we really desire.
A "head-in-the-sand" attitude will ultimately enslave you. No matter who
gets screwed, _you_ lose. Of course, all this takes effort, and there's
the rub. When you have it good, you're not nearly as motivated as some
jihad-chanting asshole who thinks _he_ has the solution to the world's
problems as well.

--
Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

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