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Sounds like the original investigator knows he sent an innocent man to prison. What an absolutely horrible human being.

by chris_wot 8y ago

jacobush 8y ago
I think it sounds like he believes firmly in his own instincts, and those instincts point out mr Garret.
- DiabloD3 8y ago
  If he "believes in his own instincts," he should be fired and not given a job that requires any level of intelligence or acumen. Gut feelings almost invariably lead to witch hunts. Garrett was the witch this time around, how many others have also been hunted by this guy?
- edoo 8y ago
  He was an arson investigator. Instincts should be left out of final conclusions. If you don't have hard scientific proof you don't have evidence.
- chris_wot 8y ago
  You don't convict on "instincts".
- bilbo0s 8y ago
  >... his own instincts ... Wow. We're putting people in prison at 40 to 50 grand a year because, well, "instinct".
  - acct1771 8y ago
    It's the people receiving that yearly rate that are the true criminals; still, drinks all around.
- jacobush 8y ago
  Of course, that is very damning for the fire investigator. Maybe he is the one who should be behind bars for willfully ignoring evidence.
draw_down 8y ago
Welcome to our justice system!
Pica_soO 8y ago
Many horrible things happen, because a lot of human beings believe in there gut instincts to be always right. The enlightenment only won on the surface, but in daily life, the magic and mystics rule unchallenged still. And it seems, all the education in the world can not fix that - or is not even attempt to fix that. How would you even name such a subject at school? Species-wide Training for Self Recognition of inherited Mental-Handicaps? How do you keep this going after you trained for it? Imagine you are a medical doctor in a medieval town, specializing on hand surgery. Usually you have to amputate, because you lack the knowledge. But even when not, you can not repair machinery you do know nothing about. The city church knows about your thirst to learn, and has assigned you a watchmen, preventing the dissection of amputates or the dead. But he can not stop you from injuring yourself, to find out what works how. So here you sit in your study, with a sharpened knife and nothing to dampen your situational awareness. You make a incission. It hurts, but you find out how muscles look and how they flex. Every cut, makes you less of the person you where. You will never be a doctor again, because you destroy a tool in the prcoess. You hurt your family, financially and by endangering your well beeing. You might end up a cripple, with nothing to show for it but bloodied notes. So what if enlightenment is not some glorified endeavor, bringing us all toys like santa brings the presents? What if it hurts? Like really permanently hurt and scar. What if that knowledge does not lead to good, but to headhacks for the mighty? Should you, would you continue? If you had a retarded kid, that is happy, and might spend a happy and productive live in its little corner - would you tell that kid the truth? How would you do that?

Sounds like the original investigator knows he sent an innocent man to prison. What an absolutely horrible human being.

jacobush 8y ago

I think it sounds like he believes firmly in his own instincts, and those instincts point out mr Garret.

DiabloD3 8y ago
If he "believes in his own instincts," he should be fired and not given a job that requires any level of intelligence or acumen. Gut feelings almost invariably lead to witch hunts. Garrett was the witch this time around, how many others have also been hunted by this guy?
edoo 8y ago
He was an arson investigator. Instincts should be left out of final conclusions. If you don't have hard scientific proof you don't have evidence.
chris_wot 8y ago
You don't convict on "instincts".
bilbo0s 8y ago
>... his own instincts ... Wow. We're putting people in prison at 40 to 50 grand a year because, well, "instinct".
- acct1771 8y ago
  It's the people receiving that yearly rate that are the true criminals; still, drinks all around.
jacobush 8y ago
Of course, that is very damning for the fire investigator. Maybe he is the one who should be behind bars for willfully ignoring evidence.

draw_down 8y ago

Welcome to our justice system!

Pica_soO 8y ago

Many horrible things happen, because a lot of human beings believe in there gut instincts to be always right. The enlightenment only won on the surface, but in daily life, the magic and mystics rule unchallenged still. And it seems, all the education in the world can not fix that - or is not even attempt to fix that. How would you even name such a subject at school? Species-wide Training for Self Recognition of inherited Mental-Handicaps? How do you keep this going after you trained for it? Imagine you are a medical doctor in a medieval town, specializing on hand surgery. Usually you have to amputate, because you lack the knowledge. But even when not, you can not repair machinery you do know nothing about. The city church knows about your thirst to learn, and has assigned you a watchmen, preventing the dissection of amputates or the dead. But he can not stop you from injuring yourself, to find out what works how. So here you sit in your study, with a sharpened knife and nothing to dampen your situational awareness. You make a incission. It hurts, but you find out how muscles look and how they flex. Every cut, makes you less of the person you where. You will never be a doctor again, because you destroy a tool in the prcoess. You hurt your family, financially and by endangering your well beeing. You might end up a cripple, with nothing to show for it but bloodied notes. So what if enlightenment is not some glorified endeavor, bringing us all toys like santa brings the presents? What if it hurts? Like really permanently hurt and scar. What if that knowledge does not lead to good, but to headhacks for the mighty? Should you, would you continue? If you had a retarded kid, that is happy, and might spend a happy and productive live in its little corner - would you tell that kid the truth? How would you do that?