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  • First of all, ALL countries basically allow politicians to appoint judges, how else you going to do it?

    I did not complain about politically appointed judges. You did! You brought that up in a way that read like you didn’t know this. So I wrote one example. Now you call me a moron for providing you an example?

    That is not unique to common law countries, the birthplace of western liberty in the modern era by the way.

    Goes to show how narrow your horizon is. It does not even include the whole “western” world. France would really have to have a word with you there, just for example. Furthermore, being the “birthplace” of something often means sticking to outdated ideas - a case that could be easily made for common law in general.

    Now, you want to trust your accusation to a politically appointed and dependent hack over a jury of your peers?

    It’s funny that you hold common law in such regard and fear politically appointed judges, since courts have much more power in common law than in many other systems, blurring the line between jurisdiction and legislation.

    Let me rephrase your question in an intentionally unfair way, just to keep on par with your writing style: Do you want to trust your accusation to a crowd of random people who are not in any way educated in law or to people who are professionally trained and should know it to the letter?

    I have to say it like this because you won’t accept that the system has any flaws. I also made the point of lay judges several times - which is, if practiced right, a way to include peers but without the flaws of a jury trial. I think it’s safe to say that you do not know what this is and refuse to look it up, because this would go against your precious beliefs.

    I almost posted an ableist slur of sorts, not the hard r, but was going to ask if you had all of your mental faculties. Sorry to end an otherwise reasonable post with what one might consider an insult, but it is warranted here as I saw it.

    Now that fits your boorish and naive way of arguing pretty well. You can’t accept nuance, you did not look into other systems at all and you try to hold failing arguments you made against me.



  • The larger a country is, the less you can trust their judges and court.

    That’s complete nonsense, though. While it’s true that our largest countries have broken justice systems, it’s not like there is any tendency to get better systems in smaller countries.

    Politicians that choose judges does not lead to real justice. maybe we don’t see the harms because everyone is ground under the heel of oppression.

    Whether politicians choose the judges or not has nothing to do with whether you have a jury system or not. GB has a jury system and the judges of the highest court are chosen by politicians.

    Jury trials are the ideal. We should all want them. Hail the magna carta!

    No, they are not the ideal. Juries tend to be wooed by the flashiest presentation and tend to prefer a well told story over the actual law. Ever heard of the CSI-effect? In theory this is much better addressed in a lay judge system, but this also has its downsides. That you see this system as an ideal and “hail” the Magna Carta, just goes to show that you haven’t looked at other justice traditions.



  • I knew a guy who emptied a whole drum of .38 special into a hog that was charging him - though he probably missed half of the shots. Where I live, almost every hunter has stories like that. One told me he once shot a three-legged old boar and found a shotgun slug and several bullets in it.

    On the other hand, some people still hunt feral hogs with dogs and spears around here and it’s more likely that a dog gets accidentaly shot than killed by a boar. I heard of a guy who jumped a hog with a knife to save his dog. I’ve only ever heard of one guy who got actually hurt by a pig. They also tend to get used to people easily if they’re not hunted. So the danger is a bit exaggerated.