Friday Free-For-All

[midtermmockery]

Our gracious Polibock moderator type person allowed me to be the substitute teacher for the usual Free-For-All. The ground rules were to post three questions -- one from each side of the issue and then a...I'll say 'grab bag' question. But, since I was stuck on the fence between two different issues I've been thinking about this past week, I had

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[greyraziel]

1) In my own personal opinion, the courts are responsible for dealing with issues of justice and equality. If it's an issue about justice and equality, then it should be the courts' jurisdiction. Also, see the thing about gay rights in Washington state, where the court went, "Uh, we don't want to deal with this. Let the legislature deal with it." Now NOBODY'S going to touch it, because the court is wussy and the legislature will be afraid to take a stance on a controversial issue because they might not get reelected. It's enough to make me march to Olympia and set some shit on fire. Uh, I mean, what? (The preceding is not an endorsement of setting shit on fire

[midtermmockery]

1) I'm with you, for the most part, on your point. I come from a little different perspective, but I think we come to basically the same conclusion. I feel that if a constitutional question comes into play on an issue -- like there was here with discrimination -- then it's absolutely within the court's scope of authority. I think it's also important for a court to not shy away from making tough or unpopular decisions for many reasons, one of which is exactly what you described that's going on in Washington state at present. So, in essence, we agree

[greyraziel]

1) That's what I was trying to say without any working knowledge of the U.S. system of justice besides what I learned in fifth-grade civics class. (Not to be confused with fifth-grade Civics class, in which we learned about Hondas.)

2) YES. THANK YOU. I totally agree that there are a lot of similarities between racial and sexual orientation discrimination. There is no such thing as "separate but equal" because the separation ITSELF implies difference, and while difference does not necessarily imply inferiority, in some cases it does.

3) "Eh...what's up, Lott?"

[midtermmockery]

You, my dear, are a funny, funny person. Why arent YOU writing for Polibock? Huh huh huh??