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> One. It is a very serious mistake to deny someone the right to believe the correctness of their own opinions. This becomes very tricky when you have the powe
by honzzz 14y ago
> One. It is a very serious mistake to deny someone the right to believe the correctness of their own opinions.
This becomes very tricky when you have the power to enforce your opinions on other people.
I think that knowing the letter of the law is not enough and people who work as judges or prosecutors should also have profound sense of justice - without it, any law can be twisted and tortured into unjust persecution when there is a will. Even the best humanly possible law is not immune to that. It's always easy to find a stick when you really want to beat the dog.
The way I see it, if Cameron Ortiz were to prosecute herself the same way she apparently prosecuted others, she would be facing death penalty right now. But I'm sure she would be offered some 'acceptable' deal.
- chernevik 14y agoI'm making a tricky point. I certainly don't mean we should concede someone's opinion. We can and should disagree and argue and seek to persuade. But there is a huge difference between "you are wrong because x, y and z", and "you simply shouldn't think that in the first place."