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Yep, in the US at least, I consider this a big flaw in the legal system, since "reasonable" people really don't exist in this country. The recent election is p
by Arizhel 10y ago
Yep, in the US at least, I consider this a big flaw in the legal system, since "reasonable" people really don't exist in this country. The recent election is proof of this. We need a legal standard that doesn't rely on something that's fictional.
- jnordwick 10y agoI'd say you just exemplified the problem. While you view the election as proof of unreasonableness of half the voters, I see your outright dismissal as a clear inability to see an opposing view and hence unreasonable.
- braveo 10y agoit's worse than that, the poster doesn't understand what the reasonable person test for law actually is, even though a wiki article on it was posted.
- enraged_camel 10y agoMaybe he didn't dismiss them outright. Maybe he looked at things from their perspective first, analyzed their beliefs and arguments and concluded that they did not make their decision based on facts[1] and rationality. [1]Unless you count "alternative facts" of course, in which case their viewpoint is just as valid as yours!
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- espeed 10y agoIn the words of Harlan Ellison, "You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
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- rrggrr 10y agoA reasonable person understands and accepts the wildly different views in a society. They try to find common ground anyway.
- Arizhel 10y agoThere are remarkably few such people in modern American society.