Posted on 12/08/2014 2:40:27 PM PST by jazusamo
The fiasco of "Rolling Stone" magazine's apology for an unsubstantiated claim of gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house — and the instant rush to judgment of the university administration in shutting down all fraternities, when those charges were made — should warn us about the dangers of having serious legal issues dealt with by institutions with no qualifications for that role.
Rape is a crime. It belongs in a criminal justice courtroom. And those found guilty belong behind bars for a long time.
What could possibly have led anyone to believe that college professors or campus administrators should be the ones making decisions about charges of criminal acts that can ruin the lives of the accuser or the accused?
Many years ago, the late William F. Buckley said that he would rather be ruled by people with the first hundred names in the Boston phone book than by a hundred Harvard professors. Having spent more than half a century on academic campuses across the country, I would likewise rather have my fate decided by a hundred Americans chosen at random than by a hundred academics.
Have we forgotten the charges of gang rape against members of the Duke lacrosse team in 2006 — and how quickly the lynch mob mentality swept across the campus, before there was a speck of evidence to indicate whether the young men were either guilty or innocent?
Do we want people punished, based on other people's preconceptions, rather than on the facts of the individual case? Apparently there are ranting mobs who do, and many in the media who give them a platform for spouting off, in exchange for the mobs' providing them with footage that can attract an audience.
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Agreed.. It’s a different ballgame now.
As Franklin said, a republic, if you can keep it. We couldn’t. It is in decline. We haven’t the spine to rid ourselves of the leeches and parasites that are dragging us down. At long last, we have no shame.
Nah; it's still SIN.
Believe the following or don't: our choice to make.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, who are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways; ,
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
Mob rule for “justice” - “Give us Barabbas”...
“I love Sowell.”
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He may be the number one living human I would like to have the privilege of meeting and talking with. I am sure that he is not perfect, I’m certainly not and don’t know any human who is but he has a way of looking at reality and expressing it in such a succinct way that no one should have any problem understanding what he is saying. Almost never have I read a sentence of his with which I could find some grounds for disagreement. He seems to stay so grounded in the basics of reality that he stands in stark contrast to those who wander off into the wilderness and lose track of their starting point. He always remembers that he set out to drain the swamp and never allows himself to be caught up to his arse in alligators.
Theme song for Duke professors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1fVQGESUTo
” Many years ago, the late William F. Buckley said that he would rather be ruled by people with the first hundred names in the Boston phone book than by a hundred Harvard professors”
No brainer : )
Stay out of Harvard Square. In fact, stay out of Cambridge, Mass. altogether!
“I miss the military-industrial complex.
The academic-media complex is killing us.”
Post of the day.
There are two issues in the Garner case. The first - and the one most people are so upset about - is the attempted arrest and its aftermath.
The second issue is that the law on which his arrest hinged was a confiscatory tax law.
One can decry both or either separately.
I would love to meet him, too.
I have disagreed with him a few times, not on principles but on action. Nevertheless I think he is BRILLIANT and a PLEASURE to read.
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