midwifetoad
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| Quote (Febble @ July 15 2013,13:06) | That's very interesting, midwifetoad. Also your other posts make me very glad I live here, corrupt though things are here as well.
I think our checks and balances are slightly superior though. |
LOL.
I watch too much BBC and see too many shows where defendants are led to the gallows immediately after the trial.
Every place looks worse from a distance because journalists are paid to stir up fear and loathing. Nice people and nice events don't sell.
My wife grew up in a quiet neighborhood in Chicago and went to a high school that was 95 percent black. She had to face questions all her life about Al Capone.
And Chicago right now, from a distance, looks like a hell hole. But I have been in hell holes, including Vietnam in 1968, and even that looks worse through the lens of journalism.
In fact everything I have ever had personal knowledge of that was reported on has been distorted or completely botched.
Edit to add:
My knowledge of British law has been formed entirely by watching Rumpole.
My personal knowledge of American courts was formed in seven years of working in Children's Protective Services. I frequently testified in court as an advocate for the state in the interest of the child.
I had cases that were reported, and the reporting was rubbish. I can excuse this in part because state employees can't discuss these cases.
Edited by midwifetoad on July 15 2013,13:51
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Any version of ID consistent with all the evidence is indistinguishable from evolution.
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