But, but, but... it's DUH LAW! On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Posted on behalf of an anonymous thoughtful person.) > > > To paraphrase an associate from some years back: > > Many of today's "justice system" problems are the > direct consequence of KPI based policing. > > KPI = Key Performance Indicator > > Similarly for courts as for police - when the KPIs for an individual > human are used for monetary and career assessment and promotion, > such as "number of parking tickets issued in the past year", then > it is almost axiomatic that increasing KPI quantums shall result. > > It is also asserted that increasing KPI quantums for police, > magistrates and judges, does not necessarily correspond to the > common man's conception of "justice". > > It is only the supreme elevation of statute law above individual > conscience, free will and common sense that even allows for the > "community" to miss the obvious corruption of justice into the > abhorrent proposition that "the more statute laws are enforced, > the more justice we experience in our community". > > In the USA, the "gang of 12" trial by jury (or "grand jury"?) is > enshrined as a (remote/frequent?) possibility of having unjust > statute law declared illegal and or unenforceable. > > The situation is different here in Australia, where the State > parliaments claim: > > - sovereignty, > - the right to pass any law within their state constitutions, > - the right to change their state constitutions with no > involvement by the people (by voting or otherwise) > - that every law they pass is valid before the courts, > - and that all power not reserved to the Federal Commonwealth is > the balance reserved to the states, > > thus leaving almost nothing to the lowly humans except for their > right to vote once every 4 years. > > > Excuses for this despotic corruption of common sense and the > corruption of much of what the common man would call "moral > behaviour" are readily prostrated in the public dialogue, from > everyday conversations between friends to the mainstream media and > more, with the most obvious fallacy being "more enforcement of > statute law equals more justice"; > > Fallacies of enforcement of statute laws (there are plenty more): > > - More enforcement of all statute law equals more justice. > > - If we don't enforce all the statute law, we'll have chaos. > > - I'm not doing anything wrong, so enforcement of unjust statute > law does not effect me. > > - Humans cannot be trusted to exercise conscience and common > sense, so we must impose statute law universally and make no > exception for individual conscientious objection. > > - When another human consumes a drug I don't know about, they > must be punished for their exploration and their personal > choices, even though their exploration and choices effect no > one else. > > - There might be a few small areas for improvement, but in general > society, justice enforcement, and government, are working really > well, since we have so many shiny things. > > > So: > > 1) Are there any studies which directly quantify or otherwise > analyse (e.g. KPI- based) systemic pressure to injustice? > > 2) If not, it ought be obvious to the entitled class that there > are enormous accolades currently on offer to any and all who > nail this scientifically, e.g. directly correlating KPI based > policing with quantifiable unjust actions/ outcomes. > > > King makers? How about hero makers - heroes of human rights, justice > and common sense. >
