e******t
发帖数: 35 | 1 "I’m from the government and I’m here to help you."
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote
in Garcia-Aguilar v. U.S. District Court (United States), August 2008.
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2008/garc080708.htm
I was surprised but not shocked by that comments came from a federal Judge.
Any thoughts? |
c******r
发帖数: 2306 | 2 People should not be afraid of their government; government should be afraid
of their people.
V for Vendetta
【在 e******t 的大作中提到】
: "I’m from the government and I’m here to help you."
: Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote
: in Garcia-Aguilar v. U.S. District Court (United States), August 2008.
: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2008/garc080708.htm
: I was surprised but not shocked by that comments came from a federal Judge.
: Any thoughts?
|
e******t
发帖数: 35 | 3 Government is not an abstract concept. Without check and balance, the
Government can help you, and also can destroy you too. |
q*c
发帖数: 9453 | 4 when you say -- SHOULD.
in this world, it means... the opposite.
afraid
wrote
Judge.
【在 c******r 的大作中提到】
: People should not be afraid of their government; government should be afraid
: of their people.
: V for Vendetta
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m******t
发帖数: 2416 | 5
Now, is it the opposite to the "should have", or is
it the opposite to the "shouldn't have"?
See whose head is hurting now, huh? huh?
【在 q*c 的大作中提到】
: when you say -- SHOULD.
: in this world, it means... the opposite.
:
: afraid
: wrote
: Judge.
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m******t
发帖数: 2416 | 6
Why surprised at all? A judge is not part of the
government - not in this context.
【在 e******t 的大作中提到】
: "I’m from the government and I’m here to help you."
: Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote
: in Garcia-Aguilar v. U.S. District Court (United States), August 2008.
: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2008/garc080708.htm
: I was surprised but not shocked by that comments came from a federal Judge.
: Any thoughts?
|
a*****i
发帖数: 4391 | 7 Alex Konzinski is a famous libertarian judge, aka Ron Paul. |
e******t
发帖数: 35 | 8 The relationship between government and citizens is one of fundamental
differences between American and Chinese societies. It partly reflects the
notion that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
by the historian, Lord Action.
The Judge’s written opinions usually do not have such “headline grabbing”
language. Judges may say something more than what are written in opinions.
That part surprised me.
【在 m******t 的大作中提到】
:
: Why surprised at all? A judge is not part of the
: government - not in this context.
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