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So the Salem witch trials were "democracy in action"?
by UnpossibleJim 5y ago
So the Salem witch trials were "democracy in action"?
- Retric 5y agoYep. Democracy isn’t perfect it’s just one compromise among many.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoSo better that more innocents be punished than risk any guilty going free? Truly, your love of the strictest "definition" of democracy is baffling, though I think most would vote against you.
- mcguire 5y agoI'm not sure how you get "punishing innocents" from publishing a very incriminating recording even though making such a recording is illegal.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoYou literally called the Salem witch trials democracy in action, and don't understand how I got to punishing the innocent?
- Retric 5y agoNo, Democracy gets it wrong in both directions with more of the guilty set free and more of the innocent sent to prison at least compared to a hypothetical ideal system.
- mcguire 5y agoThe Salem witch trials were under the justice system.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoNo shit. I was totally wrong. I picked a horrible example, lol. Thanks =)