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Actually I find it beautiful in a philosophical way. That the Supreme Court of Justice tries to find the difference between email and text messages by simple qu
by chime 17y ago
Actually I find it beautiful in a philosophical way. That the Supreme Court of Justice tries to find the difference between email and text messages by simple questions is in essence, the direct application of the Socratic method. It seems odd that a 55 year old person does not know what texting is and how it works despite a thousand "My BFF Jill" ads. However, if you think justice should be blind and uninfluenced by external factors, lack of intimate knowledge or rather attachment to particular fields or experiences is a good thing.
- jacquesm 17y agoI don't know about that. If a justice is to make judgements that make sense the participants in a society then it would help if they themselves are aware of the status quo of that society. Otherwise their judgments may be right in some philosophical sense but will alienate people from the law in a way that does tremendous damage. Judgments should not only be 'right' they should make 'sense', and some of the language in the decisions indicates that not all of them are in touch with the world as we know it to the extent that they should be.