tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post6564449872458380856..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-75491352132461722032016-01-17T06:22:30.721-07:002016-01-17T06:22:30.721-07:00If you've ever wondered what the US would look like if it descended into outright fascism, wonder no more. You're looking at it. Bevin Chuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03212261042382022326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-15891836506409317812016-01-15T19:59:37.286-07:002016-01-15T19:59:37.286-07:00The piggies want to review all public comments to their facebook page before they are posted. I wonder why... Shame them anyway. They have to read it. Keep it civil. Hold the moral high ground. No threats, no vulgarity. https://www.facebook.com/MeridianPD/Tothehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519913750809822155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-49161103183864087682016-01-15T06:45:17.769-07:002016-01-15T06:45:17.769-07:00Do not lose sight that judge norton is a lawyer, which is an educated wordsmith. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1341421153549101012016-01-14T22:59:15.226-07:002016-01-14T22:59:15.226-07:00The great French philosopher Michel Foucault said that the most diabolical moment in human history was the invention of the public prosecutor in 12th century Europe. Tradition in Europe had conceived justice as a kind of right held by the two parties involved in a dispute to publicly seek peaceful resolution. The two disputants had the right to make their case to a learned disinterested third party (imagine a Merlin like figure). This neutral third party by virtue of his stature and deep knowledge had the obligation (noblesse oblige) to help peaceably find an equitable settlement. Up until the 12th century invention of the public prosecutor, justice meant this kind of public conflict resolution in place of the private settlement it had replaced, the physical combat of the joust, the origin of the term justice. After the public prosecutor was invented roles were reversed. Justice became the OBLIGATION of the accused to submit to the authority of the judge. The judge and prosecutor had the RIGHT to accuse an individual, replacing the 'agency' of either of the disputing parties. In this way justice was fundamental transformed from a system serving to help people peacefully resolve conflict into a weapon by which political authority could subjugate people. This is the origin of modern state justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com