Posted on 07/02/2013 9:13:37 AM PDT by RC one
“Sounds like a Salem Witch trial. Your Honor, we asked her if she was a witch and she said nothing. GUILTY!”
Exactly! People that refuse to study history because “It’s booooring!” are doomed to repeat it.
Law enforcement officers are hyper-vigillant these day’z. I realize that's a broad brush statement, but for the most part citizens are ALL potential threats.
Common sense has been tossed out the window.
More groundless caprice from this court.
Another right that you have to somehow qualify for.
More fruit of our elites’ abandonment of the cornerstone principle of the republic, that our rights are God-given, not man-granted, and that those rights are therefore UNALIENABLE.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men...”
What is RKBA?
Right to Keep and Bear Arms. A 2nd Amendment attorney.
Not so! The Witch trials couldn't act like a denial was proof until it was spoken; thus we get the awesome rules lawyer
story:
The 80-year-old Corey was accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem trials, but he refused to enter a plea to the court. As punishment, he was laid naked in a pit in a field, and slowly pressed to death over two days. Heavy rocks were gradually placed upon his chest--but he refused to cry out in pain, or enter a plea, and each time he was asked to do so, he simply replied: "More weight."An explanation: this guy was a Real Life Rules Lawyer, and knew that if he died under interrogation, he was still legally a Christian and his sons could inherit his property. Confessing would spare his life, but he would no longer be considered a Christian and his property would be forfeit. Denying the charges would result in his conviction and execution, as the trials were flagrantly rigged, and again his property would be forfeit. So, by refusing to enter any plea at all, he saved his family from poverty and earned a Dying Moment of Awesome. &mdsh; from TvTropes
Wow, that guy was impressive. Thank you for sharing that story. I hope I have that much courage in my day.
Yep.
Thank you for sharing that story.
You're welcome.
I hope I have that much courage in my day.
I hope I have it as well.
Though the story does illustrate something else — our justice
-system is rapidly becoming worse than the Witch Trials.
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