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   John Coates (jciv@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 04:27:29 JST John Coates

   I teach my law students that law’s most important purpose to address anger, where possible, in a socially functional way. The social media reaction to a cold blooded first degree murder suggests laws governing health care are not performing that task adequately.

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 04:29:56 JST Robert Link

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     @jciv Re: laws "not performing that task adequately" Y'think? What was your first clue? The re-election of an open and notorious traitor? It's not just "laws governing health care," it's the state of law and governance generally.

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     RalfMaximus (ralfmaximus@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 04:43:03 JST RalfMaximus

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     • Robert Link

     @phaedral @jciv

     Seriously. Laws are the civilized alternative to dragging the accused out into the street and beating them to death. When legal justice fails systematically, expect vigilantism to rise.

     This feels like the beginning of something massive.

     Robert Link repeated this.
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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 04:54:32 JST Robert Link

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     • RalfMaximus

     @ralfmaximus @jciv Guillotines are proof laws have failed.

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     Chris L (jayalane@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 05:16:24 JST Chris L

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     • RalfMaximus

     @ralfmaximus @phaedral @jciv and voting/political campaigns are the alternative to civil war.

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     RalfMaximus (ralfmaximus@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 05:24:25 JST RalfMaximus

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     • Robert Link

     @phaedral @jciv

     Yeah. But the problem with guillotines is that once they come out it's hard to stop guillotining people. Lots of stupid feuds were settled that way during the French revolution that had nothing to do with the, uh actual revolution.

     "My boss is a dick! Off with his head!"

     "My girlfriend cheated on me! And she's probably a spy! Off with her head!"

     *crowd roars*

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 06:10:52 JST Robert Link

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     • RalfMaximus

     @ralfmaximus @jciv Dragging up an aphorism I penned a few years ago: "Law: Minor branch of the language arts. Not always dark."

     http://oblios-cap.com/

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     John Coates (jciv@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 14:37:23 JST John Coates

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     • Robert Link

     @phaedral Litotes.