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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
There are all kinds of narratives getting in the way of rational thought in Canada today. How many people passionately defending Khadr's legal rights were doing the same for Gian Ghomeshi last year? Peope tend to support laws and institutions only so long as they don't get in the way of emotional narratives, and these narratives are rooted in cultural and ideological loyalties.
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I had zero problem with the Ghomeshi trial, and certainly wasn't proclaiming him guilty prior to the trial.
and I have zero issue with the judgment either... some people do... that's fine...
I do agree that some people are getting a bit overly emotional in the argument... at the end of the day, the SCC made a ruling.
They are the
experts in all of this...I'll defer to their knowledge and experience in interpreting statute...Arguing about the settlement amount is reasonable: i can see that being a point of contention in terms of actual dollars... but that's hard to really pin down. How much is 'fair'?
Those that are the most outraged...well that just seems to be a lot of caterwauling from one side of the political spectrum, either conflating issues or thinking their layman's opinion somehow trumps people with, you know,
actual law degrees.
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