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A Short Summary Following the Pirate Bay Trial
Dan B. writes "The Guardian has a nice piece wrapping up the trial in Sweden for the co-defendants in the P2P trial-of-the-decade, that of The Pirate Bay. 'Today, the defense lawyers summed up. It was a short trial and not a particularly merry one, but it could have far-reaching effects.' Surprisingly, when the defendants hit the stand they didn't bash copyright or take a libertarian approach; it all came back to the tried and tested formula for criminal defense, 'I am not responsible.'"
without applying American law and preconceptions?
Who said anything about American law? You have the right to a trial by jury in Canada, the UK and Australia the last time I checked.
"Jury trial" is no "right" to "not have" if the judicial system is different.
Your rights don't come from the judicial system that you happen to live under. They are inalienable rights that all human beings have (or should have). Personally I have a major problem with a legal system that can deprive me of my liberty without the consent of the community. One more reason to be happy I was born in the United States I suppose.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Fair point. And even fewer years ago it meant that a jury composed of racist not-white people did acquit a double-murderer despite solid evidence to the contrary, based entirely on irrational preconceptions about oppressive behaviours being associated with low levels of melanine in one's skin.... I guess it just goes to show that people are weak and peoples perceptions of reality are malleable.
Bullshit. They took the term liberal and raped its meaning because they had ruined the term progressive so completely that it was simply unacceptable to be called progressive anymore.