[Re: Microsoft Trial Judge Based His Break-Up "Remedy" On Flawed Theory, Not Facts]

LUIS VILDOSOLA lvild at usa.net
Wed Feb 28 20:09:58 PST 2001


It's all in the timing.
If the censors are the last to judge,
they self proclaim the right to punish
or take corrective action.

So justice is held in a pyramid scheme
where those not fortunate or not able to be
on top are by definition the only liable to
be judged by terrestrial powers.

The odd thing about this is judgments
are punitive in nature, so those at the bottom
slip further down; distancing the judging party
from the judged. Kind of a reinforcing cycle.

Can you think of mechanisms to trigger this cycle Jim?



Jim Choate <ravage at ssz.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 27 Feb 2001, LUIS VILDOSOLA wrote:
> 
> > Your last paragraph is a little too complicated for me Jim,
> > I'm interested in what you have to say but please break it
> > down for me.
> 
> Somebody does something. As a consequence another party is considered to
> have contributed to the first persons act, without actually participating
> in the act.
> 
> So, if the first person is not fully responsible, why is the second
> party fully responsible? How do you test this?
> 
> If a party whose actions contribute is responsible for the consequences
> then isn't the censor themselves, since they take an active role, also
> responsible?
> 
> Doesn't this put a party in the defence in the role of presecutor and
> judge? That seems to be a considerable conflict of interest.
> 
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