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How can people get justice without star attorneys?
Authored by: Gringo_ on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 10:20 AM EST

You make a good point. I think the justice system is like the umpire at a ball game. He calls it the way he sees it, but he can't get it right every time, that is humanly impossible with a baseball whizzing by at 80 mph or more.

One day I visited some folks in a small town, and was invited to watch a local baseball game. My friend and his team were playing the away team. As we awaited the arrival of all the players, it was discovered the person delegated to be umpire was unavailable. The game could not proceed without somebody impartial to call out the strikes.

I was horrified when they turned to me and asked me to be the umpire. I protested that I had never done this before and was unqualified for the task. They told me just call it as I see it and don't worry if I make mistakes. Even a novice umpire was better than none at all from their point of view. For them, the game would be unworkable with no umpire at all. That would just lead to endless bickering and destroy all the fun.

The justice system provides so much more. There are many layers of appeal possible, so that in theory they can get it right in the end.

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finding a conclusion
Authored by: Wol on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 03:56 PM EST
Except an unjust conclusion is not a conclusion. It just festers.

Hence the feuds that go on for generations where nobody can remember what
started it.

Mosaic law said "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" precisely to
stop over-the-top revenge. Jesus then carried it a bit further with his
"turn the other cheek" - not because he didn't want justice, but to
defuse the desire for revenge.

And that is also the point behind "justice must not only be done, but it
must be *seen* to be done". If the end result is seen as fair and just,
only then it will bring conclusion.

Cheers,
Wol

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