[lbo-talk] Perry Mason

[lweiger at umich.edu]

> Miles writes:
>
> > This is exactly what disturbs me about this case: people who
> > have heard partial and biased media representations of the
> > family members weigh in as if they have all the relevant
> > information.
>
> Is this a nice summary of this mailing list?  :-)
>
> In the US, this kind of activity is high sport: and I blame Perry Mason.
> A 22 minute show to describe crime, evidence, trial, and decision by 12
> peers.  That's all it should take to figure it out, right?
>
> /jordan

How much time would it take to infer the guilt of OJ Simpson from a cursory
glance at the most damning evidence?  I'd say about a minute; five tops.

I wish Marta would cease her struggle for vegetable rights--that our concern
ought to be focused on those capable of thought and feeling seems elementary. 
But I was under the impression that perhaps Schiavo isn't a vegetable.  (I
could be dead wrong about that.  Though I haven't paid much attention to the
case, it's apparent that there's a lot of bullshit floating around out there.)

-- Luke