How to screw your world in <5 minutes

[MikeSP1]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

Sorry, apparently I wasn't clear. I wasn't DISCOUNTING how a person GETS to that level. I.E. I wasn't saying ANYONE can be elected...just saying if there were two qualified people running and ONE had a more ethnic name, they'd likely have a better shot at winning in that majority by name alone



People...are stupid

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Then are we both presenting an argument for why we agree with each other?

Judges are in a position of authority and respect based on credentials.

Sheeple are stupid.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by MikeSP1

She was being a wise-ass the entire time. She was being asked legitimate questions and was giving bullshit answers.

That person is on the bench not because they were voted there by subterfuge and lies, but by there own merit. That person didn't get up one day and say "I think I'll run for judge." It takes a lot of work and dedication to get to that point. The BAR isn't something to scoff at.

How is showing respect to an individual and an institution that should demand your full respect a "dumbass tradition"? The court room isn't high school or Sturgis. The individual with the gavel (or the twelve people on the side of the room, depending on what you've done) has the authority to send you to jail, make you pay a fine, make you stand at an intersection with a "Only an idiot would pass a school bus" sign, or send you to death row. That judge also has the power to issue warrants to search anything you own. Being flippant to someone that has that kind of power is simply not wise.

I could have sworn that you do not need to have a law degree in some parts of the US to be a judge.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I could have sworn that you do not need to have a law degree in some parts of the US to be a judge.

Could be but up here you need a law degree to be a judge, but not to be a JP. I would say that most of our justices of the peace are NOT actually trained in law.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

I can see someone named Joseph Horowitz getting CRUSHED by Alfonzo Suarez Rodrigez in south florida, simply by name only.

What you smoking?

Horowitz would win by a landslide here.

Your example holds true in Miami but that's not South Florida; that's Miami.

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by shmike

What you smoking?

Horowitz would win by a landslide here.

Your example holds true in Miami but that's not South Florida; that's Miami.

WTH?!?! Granted it's been since 2009 since I was in south Flo...and yes...I stayed in Miami, but we rode all over S. Flo. and (to me) it was only slightly less cuban than Miami.

Guess the Hebrew nation decided it was too hot while were were there and stayed indoors

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Could be but up here you need a law degree to be a judge, but not to be a JP. I would say that most of our justices of the peace are NOT actually trained in law.

Down in the States...I could be a Judge in some states
http://www.judicialselection.us/judi...ion_courts.cfm

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Down in the States...I could be a Judge in some states
http://www.judicialselection.us/judi...ion_courts.cfm

Being a lawyer isnt even a requirement to become a Supreme Court justice.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Being a lawyer isnt even a requirement to become a Supreme Court justice.

Oh yeah...
Forgot about that one.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

Guess the Hebrew nation decided it was too hot while were were there and stayed indoors

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by MikeSP1

How is showing respect to an individual and an institution that should demand your full respect a "dumbass tradition"? The court room isn't high school or Sturgis. The individual with the gavel (or the twelve people on the side of the room, depending on what you've done) has the authority to send you to jail, make you pay a fine, make you stand at an intersection with a "Only an idiot would pass a school bus" sign, or send you to death row. That judge also has the power to issue warrants to search anything you own. Being flippant to someone that has that kind of power is simply not wise.

Plenty of people have the power to fuck up my life, including police officers, DA's, and my bosses at work. But I don't have to call them "your honor" or rise when they enter the room. It just seems silly in this day & age. I'm not in the military, so I shouldn't have to rise when an authority figure enters the room.