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To: Sam who wrote (72277)	6/14/2008 7:37:02 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542059

Frankfurter is one of the most highly regarded jurists in our nation's history.

To: Sam who wrote (72277)	6/14/2008 8:35:19 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542059

A long time ago I got into a discussion about behavior on SI. This person (a lawyer,incidentally) believed that you responded in kind to attacks. That he would be fair and reasonable as long as the person to whom he was speaking was the same. But he felt that if the other person escalated, then it was more effective if he did likewise. I argued that my behavior was not governed by any outside source or provocation, that it was governed by the person I was or strove to be. It is very easy to be nice to people who think like you, who come from a common POV, but much much harder when it is "the other", and especially if the other is behaving in ways that in no way are in confluence with yours. I guess I see the law in the same way-- and Frankfurter said it well: " Anybody can give law to his friends. It's the essence of law to give it to our enemies."