There is a difference between belief and the kind of mental illness necessary to combine predatory exploitation of the poor with the biblical demands for selfless compassion.
Anyone who calls himself a christian conservative, likely doesn't know the meaning of either term.
In the US, it is not the job of the prosecution to fairly present both sides.
Maybe it's just me but this seems like a bit of a knife's edge to balance on. How about trying to make the courts a little less of a pissing contest and a litte more about trying to find out what happened and whether it's legal or not?
The German tradition that we also have used here in Norway (and several other countries no doubt) is that the prosecution's job is to present all the facts, both for and against. The defence has only the task of picking apart that part of the evidence that indicated the defendant is guilty.
Seems a tad more humane to me as we don't (in theory) end up with a lone person and his lawyer up against the whole might of the nation's justice system.
Another book that sheds some light on exactly this way of thinking is "The screwtape letters" by C.S. Lewis. It is supposed to be correspondence from a major demon to a lesser "temptor" demon where the major demon attempts to explain characteristics on human thought.
It sounds awfully religious but the major part of the book is a very enlightening view of how modern man percieves his surroundings and well worth a read.
I haven't the book readily available now but to quote part of a related passage from memory: "Humans don't percieve ideologies as primarily true or fals but rather stark or courageous. Outworn or contemporary. Keep your patient focused on the stream of immediate sensory perception and fuddle his mind."
There is an audiobook version floating around the p2p net these days read by John Cleese in six parts of around 20MB each. Well worth a download.
Ok, so China isn't exactly the most open society in the world but France is surely in the Axis of Good like the rest of us.
Not all censorship is bad, imho. I don't think I need to allow someone the right to speak who seeks to deprive me of mine and it is usually the extremist groups that are politically censored in France. Of course, there is the problem of defining "extremist" but there is such a thing as common sense even in government.
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There is a difference between belief and the kind of mental illness necessary to combine predatory exploitation of the poor with the biblical demands for selfless compassion. Anyone who calls himself a christian conservative, likely doesn't know the meaning of either term.
...and also looks at where each is going The graveyard?
Nex thing you know, we're going to nail it to a tree and worhsip it for a few thousand years.
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I cannot even begin to imagine what Israel, a country that has been, essentially, at war for every minute of its entire existence...
Yeah. Unlike the US.
Oh, I don't know. They looked pretty darn attractive to me. Maybe a pair of fishnet stockings...
But we don't like to count the 50 wars the US has been engaged in -since- WW2 do we?
Personally, I think an american accent would fit the evil stereotype quite well.
In the US, it is not the job of the prosecution to fairly present both sides.
Maybe it's just me but this seems like a bit of a knife's edge to balance on. How about trying to make the courts a little less of a pissing contest and a litte more about trying to find out what happened and whether it's legal or not?
The German tradition that we also have used here in Norway (and several other countries no doubt) is that the prosecution's job is to present all the facts, both for and against. The defence has only the task of picking apart that part of the evidence that indicated the defendant is guilty.
Seems a tad more humane to me as we don't (in theory) end up with a lone person and his lawyer up against the whole might of the nation's justice system.
At least we still have the means to remove our government should it prove necessary.
So do we. It's called "voting" and it still works over here.
I have a chip on my sholder. *rimshot*
Another book that sheds some light on exactly this way of thinking is "The screwtape letters" by C.S. Lewis. It is supposed to be correspondence from a major demon to a lesser "temptor" demon where the major demon attempts to explain characteristics on human thought.
It sounds awfully religious but the major part of the book is a very enlightening view of how modern man percieves his surroundings and well worth a read.
I haven't the book readily available now but to quote part of a related passage from memory: "Humans don't percieve ideologies as primarily true or fals but rather stark or courageous. Outworn or contemporary. Keep your patient focused on the stream of immediate sensory perception and fuddle his mind."
There is an audiobook version floating around the p2p net these days read by John Cleese in six parts of around 20MB each. Well worth a download.
At least now we know where all those drugs confiscated during your war on drugs(tm) go.
Ok, so China isn't exactly the most open society in the world but France is surely in the Axis of Good like the rest of us.
Not all censorship is bad, imho. I don't think I need to allow someone the right to speak who seeks to deprive me of mine and it is usually the extremist groups that are politically censored in France. Of course, there is the problem of defining "extremist" but there is such a thing as common sense even in government.
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