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| Judgement calls (David Warren) |
| 2004-09-01 |
| "Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes," Judge Judy says. (This is Judith Sheindlin, the New York City family court judge who later became a daytime TV star in the same jurisdiction.) "I'm smarter than you." While her tone might be different -- there would be no self-deprecating humour in it, only her patented scorn and contempt for opponents -- Canada's newly-appointed Supreme Court justice Rosalie Abella might adopt this as her own judicial motto. She is an embodiment of a class of people who genuinely believe themselves to be smarter than the rest of us, to be ahead on the historical curve. So far ahead, and moving so fast, that they cannot even hear the patter of the people running to keep up with them. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Hey! Sharia not looking so bad now is it? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-01 5:49:14 PM |
| #3 SPoD -- Intrigued by this bizarre reference, I googled the judge and found out about the case. She upheld a lower court ruling that lowered the age of consent for anal sex to 14 (to match that of regular sex) because the law discriminated against gay teens. The decision arose out of a case where a 23-year old guy was having "consensual" anal sex with a 13-year old girl (who would later become his niece, I think). Amazingly, the case was supported by some lefty "children's rights" advocates in Canada! Why don't we just send a girl scout troop or two up there to accomplish regime change? |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-09-01 12:44:19 PM |
| #2 Her views on anal intercourse alone -- and they are extensive -- would have been worth exploring. Man, just exactly are they? That bad eh? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-01 3:25:01 AM |
| #1 Look for our Supreme Court to use the Canadian Court to back up Social Engineering projects to follow. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-01 12:48:55 AM |