A Modest Proposal (was RE: Guthrie to Maggie and Max)

[Brad De Long]

Re:
>
>... Guthrie was a bit more familiar with Max's own
>presumed tradition... "rule of law rather than of men"
>...than Max himself....
>
>Because if we stick to this tradition of rule of law, then while it might
>be a very nice gesture on the part of the people, acting
>through their government, to establish some sort of compensation
>for victims of crime, those victims have no damn fucking place
>in the courtroom, as victims. It is "We the People:" against whom
>the crime was committed...

Very interesting. As one of "we the people" I would like to point out that
I am not dead, and that the victim is.

I am against the death penalty. But it has always seemed to me that the
claim that the victim has no place in a criminal law proceeding is simply
whacko...

Brad DeLong