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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (16279)	6/8/2001 6:02:07 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Please stop posting things to me that I agree with. I might have to reconsider my firm conclusion that you are incapable of posting anything intelligent. It's very disconcerting to see you agree with me. Unfair of you to tempt me to rethink a well-established and firmly-based prejudice. Having you say something I agree with is almost as disorienting as thinking of the possibility of Bill Clinton telling the truth about something.

To: Solon who wrote (16279)	6/8/2001 8:35:43 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 82486

Donald Marshall, David Milgaard, Guy Paul Morin, Gregory Parsons and Thomas Sophonow are just 5 innocent people convicted for murder in Canada, who were eventually acquitted due to dna evidence. If Canada still had the death penalty, these innocent people would have been DEAD. Canada has a lousy criminal justice system. In all your instances the cops framed those people. Here is how to clear it up, you frame somebody you and your buddies that helped do it fry. More judges are on the take in Canada than Brazil. A little heat and Mr. Mayor puts pressure on the cops to round somebody up. You may have valid examples buy they're a lot of dead kids in Canada due to the early parole system.

To: Solon who wrote (16279)	6/9/2001 12:46:14 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Your logic is a little off here. I am not willing to have a member of my family die in a car accident, but I am willing to drive knowing there is a risk that that will occur. Society does not will the deaths that inevitably occur due to automobiles, but it accepts the trade- off, since life cannot be conducted risk free. In the same way, as long as the rate of error is negligible, there is no reason to suspend the operation of justice as long as it is otherwise justified.