<<One thing I will give the Chinese credit for..... having money
is no sure way to buy your way out of justice. (Remember O.J. Simpson?) The Chinese caught some wealthy executives dipping in the till. ::Bang:: they shot them. No Johnny Cochran, no F. Lee Bailey. You stole the money, you get shot. >>
Doug, w/ all due respect, I would just like to remind you that what you see & read in the media are the small # of instances when _due process_ failed. For the vast majority of instances, due process, as a civilized way of resolving conflict, works incredibly well. I think you would agree that the newspapers & TV would go bankrupt if, instead of reporting on the sensational cases and corruption du jour, they just keep repeating the mundane, but overwhelming number of cases where justice is rigorously served, contract faithfully enforced, private property wholely protected, & civil rights actually preserved.
Having the rule of law is quite mundane and pedestrian until it is taken away. I know this is going to irk some people again, (it's that American pomposity again), but I thank God I live in America. |
