11-26-2003, 09:23 AM
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Location: Maryland
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Belial,
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Originally posted by Belial In ten years time we may conclude that…
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True, true, the contemporary assessment of the Peloponnesian War is quite different than that held by the combatants, but does that invalidate the opinions of the people who had to live through the experience. There once was a saying "Justice delayed is justice denied."
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Originally posted by Belial By allowing him to live, we give our justice system the opportunity to correct any mistakes that may emerge
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What about if the justice system was correct?
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Originally posted by Belial We do not at any point become directly responsible…
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Some people have different opinions about personal responsibility. This returns to my earlier suggestion that different peoples have different solutions to what appear to be the same problems.
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Originally posted by Belial A fallible, swayable group of people with natural emotional responses that can and are manipulated ...
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Assume, for the sake of argument that an infallible, inflexible group of people handed down the verdict. Would that be a better verdict? What about a verdict handed down by unemotional people? I am uncertain that removing the humanity from these issues would improve the results.
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