Alistair Young which is why it needs to be consistent.
Mercy is important, but if you think the same sentence is too harsh for one offender, yet not harsh enough for another who committed the same crime in similar circumstances, then I might have some bad news.
Laws are constantly subject to revision and repeal. This is a fundamentally good thing.
You wouldn't give the same speeding fine to someone trying to visit a dying relative as to someone who was just being an asshole. You wouldn't give someone a jail sentence for stealing a loaf of bread as oppose to the crown jewels. And you definitely wouldn't imprison someone for suspiciously handling a salmon. http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/08/10-odd-british-laws-you-have-probably-broken-by-accident-5235672/
The law has to be more than a guideline. But it cannot be an absolute, you cannot make provision for every possible exception because there's just no way you can foresee every possible exception. And yes, some judges are corrupt and/or idiots, but the idea of making the law absolute is monstrous.
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Alistair Young Let me make a wild guess here... Republican Gun Nutter? Bunch of dehydrated food in your basement? Ammo buried in the back yard?
ReplyDeleteOh, this ought to be good. Let me get the popcorn...
ReplyDeleteThe law should be tempered with mercy, but if that needs to be done on an individual basis the law is too strict.
ReplyDeleteIf the law should be absolutely anything, it should be absolutely consistent.
Al Hunt Let me make a wild guess here... Dem gun hater. STILL living in "mommy's basement", suckin' on titties. Sucking on the teet of America?
ReplyDeleteAlistair Young which is why it needs to be consistent.
ReplyDeleteMercy is important, but if you think the same sentence is too harsh for one offender, yet not harsh enough for another who committed the same crime in similar circumstances, then I might have some bad news.
This is not complicated people.
ReplyDeleteLaws are constantly subject to revision and repeal. This is a fundamentally good thing.
You wouldn't give the same speeding fine to someone trying to visit a dying relative as to someone who was just being an asshole. You wouldn't give someone a jail sentence for stealing a loaf of bread as oppose to the crown jewels. And you definitely wouldn't imprison someone for suspiciously handling a salmon.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/08/10-odd-british-laws-you-have-probably-broken-by-accident-5235672/
The law has to be more than a guideline. But it cannot be an absolute, you cannot make provision for every possible exception because there's just no way you can foresee every possible exception. And yes, some judges are corrupt and/or idiots, but the idea of making the law absolute is monstrous.
Picard was, err, absolutely correct.
I'm sorry, but that's just trolling. it is erudite trolling, but it is trolling nonetheless.
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