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To: MeeknMing
Its a terrible decision, badly reasoned as Justice Scalia's brilliant dissent shows.

But its also a bad result for retarded people, since the decision assumes that they cannot conform their behavior to societal norms. I don't disrespect the retarded in this manner, and neither should our laws.
5 posted on 06/20/2002 3:19:08 PM PDT by spqrzilla9
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To: spqrzilla9
If I were on death row, I'd get awfully dumb awfully quick.
22 posted on 06/20/2002 5:02:20 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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