From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

> JT> She was in hospital for about two weeks before she died.
> JT> (originally went in for lungs full of fluid)

>  And th hopital registrar wouldn't sign the Death Certificate? Weird.

  Just what I was told.  I suppose it was the need to have a third party 
check it out and make sure it was a 'natural' death.  Less chance of 
paying people off when there are other third parties involved.

  

>  Our law is set up to protect the guilty. An innocent will try hard
> to explain their innocence, the guilty knows to keep his mouth shut
> until a lawyer can rehearse a good story for him.

  Now that you mention it, on another topic I was reading about some guy 
who took his speeding ticket to court, he fought it "properly", did all 
the right things, and still lost.

  Apparently, he was told by the cops after the event, that they treated 
him like a special case.  They brought out all the big guns- they have 
never lost, and especially in his case, (since he was careful) they had 
more reason to bring him down.

  He sited his mistake as talking too early.   They knew what to expect, 
so mopped the court with him with their "expert witness" that knew 
everything about laser guns.

  He said if he ever would do it again, (or rather, if he ever had to go 
though it again), he'd keep his trap shut, and open it only when he 
needed to at the last minute, so they wouldn't have the opportunity to 
come back with any "expert witness".
  He was representing himself, and they told him that was part of his 
mistake, he didn't have a chance.

> JT> No, sadly, the law has nothing to do with justice. It's just
> JT> about minimising your losses. That is, do you stand to loose
> JT> less by going to court or not?

>  Justice? That's not the purpose of Law. Law is meant to prevent us
> taking the law into our *own* hands to get justice. It's meant to keep
> things orderly... and protect the law-abiding. In fact, it does not do
> that at all. It protects those able to hire good lawyers, who then
> manipulate the system to their client's advantage.

  That's what I said wasn't it?  The side with the biggest penis, er, 
lawer, wins.


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