Bernie,
You of all people, given your ethnic heritage, should know that without public dissent to unjust acts or actions by the government, the path to tyranny and oppression is too easy for those in power to follow.
He neither harmed nor threatened anyone (from what I can gather, he did not in any way threaten the officer) and was arrested for following his beliefs.
You and Lawdog apparently approve of the manner and circumstances surrounding this man's arrest and subsequent treatment.
One simple question: Is this justice?
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Originally Posted by Shoonra
Lawdog has it right. I have seen people on this website and elsewhere who were possessed by silly, sloppy, or distorted legalistic arguments. They refused to listen to words of caution, much less any contrary contentions. And when they took these arguments into court and had their heads handed to them, they still refused to admit tht their amateur arguments might have been flawed -- no, it was always that the judges was crooked.
Such people refuse to learn, except maybe by bitter experience -- an extremely expensive educational method.
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