On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Geoff Winkless <pgsqlad...@geoff.dj> wrote:
> On 21 January 2016 at 11:28, Chris Travers <chris.trav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Resisting the urge to talk about how justice was actually seen in the > Dark > > Ages.... > > Pitchforks. Baying crowds dragging those they consider to be > wrongdoers from their beds and tying them to four horses and pulling > them apart in the town square, without worrying about proof or reason. > Trial by battle, where "the winner must have been in the right because > God would make sure that the right man won". Women being drowned > because it's better to kill an innocent girl (who will go straight to > Heaven anyway) rather than let an evil witch live amongst us. Stuff > like that. > Decent description of early 18th century Europe. Not so great description of early 8th century Europe. > > > But seriously, I think human judgment is better than a code which those > who > > want to cause problems can and will use as a weapon against the rest. > > Well, ish. The idea of having a strong published code which is > tempered by human reasonableness is fairly well established in most > legal systems. > I still side with the Scandinavian approach of passing general laws and trusting judges to apply them in line with moral rather than purely legal principles. > > Geoff > -- Best Wishes, Chris Travers Efficito: Hosted Accounting and ERP. Robust and Flexible. No vendor lock-in. http://www.efficito.com/learn_more
