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@edde In the words of Captain Picard -- "There can be no justice, so long as laws are absolute. Life itself is an exercise in exceptions."
@swordgeek @edde Yeah it wasn't great, the first 2 seasons were hit and miss.
@edde That is why so much stuff which is legal is unethical.
Very good video!!
Dayton Peace Accords.
In the time when South African apartheid was disintegrated, the US imposed another in Bosnia.
@edde Good to be reminded.
@edde Legal is a function of a society which helps you to understand what you can do.
@edde Britain used to deport criminals. Now it wants to deport refugees to far away places where they will be abused and at best will be offered slave labour. That’s what Tories call progress.
@edde If we were truly FREE, we wouldn't need to beg the rich and powerful for our rights back. If folks don't see a class war in this country, that's not good.
(More like a CASTE war.)
@edde justice is a construct too
@edde Very powerful and thought provoking! Thanks.
It's probably more accurate to say "*Often times* legality is a construct of ..." however I think the wording is just fine for the purpose of igniting discussions.
@edde The power rests in the people who caused politicians to change those laws.
Exactly. "Legal systems" are needed when Justice isn't present, i.e. for the powers to be to remove moral objections against their immoral ambitions.
Dismantle the State!
In D&D speak, these people and their laws are ‘Lawful Evil’
@edde the Holocaust was legal,the out camps were run for profit by capitalist corporation, I G Farben...
@edde also worth noting: When the claim "we follow all applicable laws" is made, it doesn't mean they are acting responsibly, ethically or safely - It means they are doing the worst and most damaging things they can do before they are subject to penalties
"The personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here – it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin." -Richard K. Morgan
@edde 'Legal' excellently explained.
"Laws were made by people, and people can be wrong
Once unions were against the law, but slavery was fine
Women were denied the vote and children worked the mine.
The more you study history the less you can deny it
A rotten law stays on the books til folks like us defy it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwCtKlM9dI
"We're told we need safety; which is precious, yes,
but can a society which can enforce all its laws ever progress?
Hindsight shows that many figures guilty of "thought-crime"
turned out to be luminaries and heroes, before their time.
But if a surveillance state had reigned then in this form and design
just think of all the progress we may've all been denied:
Could lobbies for women or gay rights've appeared and thrived
Would revelutionary ideals have materialized
Would science've pioneered or even survived,
if every word had been monitored by thought police and spies?
Big Brother brings chilling effects, freezing our collective hopes,
he doesn't protect our safety, but protects the status quo."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o66FUc61MvU
@edde They even teach this in law school, although they try to hide it in ancient Latin phrases.
First year criminal law class, they explained that some crimes were "malum in se" (bad in themselves) and some were "malum prohibitum" (bad because prohibited). Pretty obviously, the so-called "justice system" only earns the name when it operates to punish or prevent the former, while in actual fact the vast majority of its energies are devoted to the latter "bad because prohibited" crimes.