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We have discretion build into our society for a reason. Judges, juries, police, all exercise discretion.

• renewiltord 4y ago
  I think perhaps we're finding that the efficiencies we build into a system are vulnerabilities abused by unfriendly actors. If I'm going to be treated as second class, you had better be, too.
  • chrisseaton 4y ago
    It's not about efficiency - it's about justice. If you're against discretion then you're against basics of our society like trial by jury. And if you can't trust these people to use discretion sensibly and fairly then you shouldn't be trusting them to do anything.
    • karmelapple 4y ago
      I think I can be against a single person's discretion and judgment and still be in favor of things like trial by jury. A trial by jury is multiple people collectively judging on something after taking some time to consider the whole story. A single officer in the field deciding, within a few minutes, whether you should pay a $200 fine seems very different to me. Although a speeding ticket, and what typically goes in front of a jury, is also usually magnitudes different.