tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post986895596996956808..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: In which the imaginary lawyer believes in unicornsJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-35175901949488444852011-01-30T19:24:08.532-05:002011-01-30T19:24:08.532-05:00Although I haven't read everything several tim...Although I haven't read everything several times over and pondered the details, the gist of Mark's diatribe hinges on 'I feel', which isn't going to help anything.<br /><br />Now imagine for a minute or two that you, Jeff Gamso, have just been informed of your own father's timely demise. The weight of the crown descends upon you, neatly covering your bald spot. You are Monarch, Grand High Poo-Bah and Lord of All You Survey. How long will Your Esteemed Eminence last before you begin to interpret a few constitutional rights - say, for instance, the Noble Second. Or better yet, abortion. Hey, the anti-abortionists lost, right? So they can all just pack up and go home - because they're wrong. Right?<br /><br />How long before you start helping them pack, to put it politely. Or, if you're pro-life, how long before you put abortion providers on death row after a special denial of a fair trial, because there isn't any point in it, right?<br /><br />Then there's free speech. How long will you tolerate being burned in effigy every weekend, and if you don't think that will happen, you don't know the same people I do.<br /><br />Even you, Jeff Gamso, Esq., as good as you are (and make no mistake, you're a good man), you'll eventually start repressing because there will be no one to say 'no' to you. <br /><br />That's where judges are, and that's where they'll end up, and the only question is 'how soon'.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.com