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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: one_less who wrote (14825)11/13/1998 6:07:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
The definition for justice is an ideal, not expected to be achieved in a temporal universe such as the one we live in...

Okay, justice in heaven and justice on earth are totally different things, I will agree. Therefore I submit that a concrete system of justice in this temporal world has to be based on a realizable ideal.

Otherwise, you have no real standard in accordance with which you can hold judges, policemen, penologists, legislators, etc. accountable. Accountability is the name of the game...

Again, I don't understand the following:

....I may have been misrepresented the folks here...

...If we have no ideal your example of a conflicting definition works..

>>Then, if you want justice, you have to ask acccording to whose definition for what they think they need or want at any given moment..

Seems to me there must be more to Justice than "needing" or "wanting."

jbe
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