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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8093166, member: 24754"]In a perfect world, courts and juries would not make subjective judgement calls, but of course they do, this unfortunately can't be avoided. And, I'm being nitpicky about verbiage and giving extreme examples (parade of horrors), but these are simply effective methods of getting the point across. The stability of society doesn't hinge on how this case is handled, and the guy probably deserves whatever he has coming to him and more. So, I'm not claiming that anyone is at risk of incurring some extreme injustice.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole exercise has been in defense of the claims that we should be warry of how media influences our opinions on matters. And, that we should perpetually apply rationality and exclude emotion in formulating our opinions, which is especially important when it comes to the justice system.</p><p><br /></p><p>When people claim that cultures are being destroyed because someone owns an artifact...I see irrationality.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a person doesn't have a problem with one transaction for $100, but villainizes a person for making a similar transaction for $1M...I see irrationality.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a person looks past injustices imposed on people that they don't like, but don't realize that such concessions also put them at similar risk... I see irrationality.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8093166, member: 24754"]In a perfect world, courts and juries would not make subjective judgement calls, but of course they do, this unfortunately can't be avoided. And, I'm being nitpicky about verbiage and giving extreme examples (parade of horrors), but these are simply effective methods of getting the point across. The stability of society doesn't hinge on how this case is handled, and the guy probably deserves whatever he has coming to him and more. So, I'm not claiming that anyone is at risk of incurring some extreme injustice. The whole exercise has been in defense of the claims that we should be warry of how media influences our opinions on matters. And, that we should perpetually apply rationality and exclude emotion in formulating our opinions, which is especially important when it comes to the justice system. When people claim that cultures are being destroyed because someone owns an artifact...I see irrationality. When a person doesn't have a problem with one transaction for $100, but villainizes a person for making a similar transaction for $1M...I see irrationality. When a person looks past injustices imposed on people that they don't like, but don't realize that such concessions also put them at similar risk... I see irrationality.[/QUOTE]
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