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That's a nice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man you got there. tptacek isn't saying that we should reduce costs und
by harryh 12y ago
That's a nice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man you got there.
tptacek isn't saying that we should reduce costs under any circumstances. He's saying that we should reduce costs where it is reasonable to do so. There are a huge number of cases every year where everyone knows the defendant is guilty and the defendant isn't interested in defending himself. Why, as tptacek put it, have a "ritualized but ultimately pointless trial" in these situations?
- mindslight 12y agoI argued why it was reasonable to do so. tptacek rebutted my argument with a sweeping emotional statement that money is better spent on schools than on justice. As such, one counter example suffices.
- tedunangst 12y agoThere is a difference between allowing the pointless ritual to proceed and requiring that the pointless ritual occur in all instances.