tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post7561394622193516235..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Wading Through The HysteriaLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-91534566918974246542017-07-11T14:30:17.089-04:002017-07-11T14:30:17.089-04:00Some, it would seem, much prefer mob rule these da...Some, it would seem, much prefer mob rule these days, Mound. We live in very sad times.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-67631714051642219402017-07-11T14:29:13.259-04:002017-07-11T14:29:13.259-04:00Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, Owen, ...Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, Owen, but people seem resistant to the indisputable nature of facts.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-57060571338960777132017-07-11T14:02:53.641-04:002017-07-11T14:02:53.641-04:00It's the eternal struggle between justice and ...It's the eternal struggle between justice and mob rule, Lorne. It is encapsulated in the old legal adage that "hard cases make bad law." People seize upon the inflammatory, what they see as outrageous, and try to have the law tailored to their emotion. Later,when they discover the breadth of the law's reach they yell "unfair" as they or a friend get swept up in it. That's why the law must be dispassionate, above the public fray. When that discipline is lost we quickly find we have no law.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-8089039893780076632017-07-11T13:50:12.658-04:002017-07-11T13:50:12.658-04:00We live in a time when opinions are completely div...We live in a time when opinions are completely divorced from facts, Lorne. Even Ronald Reagan called facts "stubborn things."<br /><br />The Government of Canada is simply recognizing the truth of Reagan's observation.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com