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> that "law" is some kind of magic... Law is some kind of magic, though. Consider the case where I want to cast the "Lawyer" protection spell. If I chant "I a

> that "law" is some kind of magic... Law is some kind of magic, though. Consider the case where I want to cast the "Lawyer" protection spell. If I chant "I am invoking my right to remain silent. I want to contact my attorney" then the police must stop questioning me and provide me one [1]. The spell worked. If I chant "This is how I feel, if y’all think I did it, I know that I didn’t do it so why don’t you just give me a lawyer dog ’cause this is not what’s up" then my spell is not strong enough and the police can interrogate me as they see fit [2]. And then there's the time where a wizard had to interpret a comma [3]. [1] https://www.nedbarnett.com/do-i-have-a-right-to-an-attorney-during-police-questioning/ https://www.nedbarnett.com/do-i-have-a-right-to-an-attorney-... [2] https://uproxx.com/culture/louisiana-supreme-court-suspect-lawyer-dog/ https://uproxx.com/culture/louisiana-supreme-court-suspect-l... [3] https://www.loweringthebar.net/2017/03/the-oxford-comma-use-it.html https://www.loweringthebar.net/2017/03/the-oxford-comma-use-...

manofmanysmiles 2y ago
This is precisely the madness that I'm astounded by. Most people think this is sane, normal and moral. And, I imagine most people reading this think I'm either insane, ignorant or uneducated, or will attach some other adjectives to further alienate me. It's okay, I already feel like an alien. I'm not looking for an argument. I don't need to convince anyone. I was hoping for a more receptive audience. Oh well.
- photonthug 2y ago
  You mentioned that you don’t understand the magical thinking, but then someone shows that the proper incantation matters more than the sentiment or intent. That’s why you see magical thinking. We all want a world where the earnest desire for rescue matters more than words in the request, because while sometimes we know the right words, sometimes we don’t. If you think you always know the right words and everyone else should too, that’s not reasonable and this should be obvious for many reasons along the lines of differences in intelligence, jurisdiction, language difficulties, etc

manofmanysmiles 2y ago

This is precisely the madness that I'm astounded by. Most people think this is sane, normal and moral. And, I imagine most people reading this think I'm either insane, ignorant or uneducated, or will attach some other adjectives to further alienate me. It's okay, I already feel like an alien. I'm not looking for an argument. I don't need to convince anyone. I was hoping for a more receptive audience. Oh well.

photonthug 2y ago
You mentioned that you don’t understand the magical thinking, but then someone shows that the proper incantation matters more than the sentiment or intent. That’s why you see magical thinking. We all want a world where the earnest desire for rescue matters more than words in the request, because while sometimes we know the right words, sometimes we don’t. If you think you always know the right words and everyone else should too, that’s not reasonable and this should be obvious for many reasons along the lines of differences in intelligence, jurisdiction, language difficulties, etc