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To: jbe who wrote (78947)4/26/2000 12:47:00 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
I have my own ideas about what the laws should be- and my ideas differ radically from the ways laws actually are, and I'm a lawyer.



To: jbe who wrote (78947)4/26/2000 1:13:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Respond to of 108807
 
>At the same time, I wonder whether the force fields (i.e., the competing claims) are really comparable to forces of
nature. The former cannot be changed, but the latter can, or at least the laws on which they are based can be.<

My $.02 is that the metaphor is pretty good. The force fields depend on two things: the immutable laws of nature and the terrain. If the terrain to which the fields are pinned is changed, the domains of the force fields adjust in one liquid motion (in the natural world) and in a flurry of motions (in the hyperspace of jurisprudence).



To: jbe who wrote (78947)4/26/2000 3:46:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 108807
 
I don't always like the law, but I know that changing the law takes years. In the meantime, I have to do my job.

Sometimes I feel terribly conflicted, when I am taking advantage of a law that I don't approve of, that bothers me much more than not having a law available that I wish were available. I can't wish the law would change, really, but I do feel torn.

But not nearly as much as I did at the beginning.