At 02:34 PM 2/20/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote:
>John,
>
>>>I assume you've been watching the news about the semicolon that saved San
>>>Francisco. It's been nice having something to cheer about while watching
>>>the local newscast. :-D
>>
>> I presume by the smiley that you aren't serious.
>>
>> Surely that kind of judicial ruling is not good for a free society.
>
>Do you mean that it is /not/ the job of Judges to insist that legal
>documents be constructed so as to insure that their meaning is clear?
You have GOT to be kidding me, right?
To quote Ivanova "You're using the letter of the law to defeat the spirit
of the law."
I'm sorry, but forcing a multi-day delay in a legal process over a
semicolon is cynical, craven, crass, and unbecoming of a judge no matter
what side you are on.
And I must say that I am *shocked*, SHOCKED, I tell you, to find none of
Brin-L's reisdent left-wingers criticzing this absurdity, and in fact,
several of them praising it.
JDG - Who is frankly sick and tired of liberals on Brin-L cynically
insisting upon so-falled "fair-mindedness" from conservatives, and seeing
scant sign of it from themselves.
Did somebody once mention "due process" on this List? I couldn't tell.
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it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03
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