On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Nick FitzGerald <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> * Criticizing a Federal Judge's decision elicits a visit from two US >> Marshals. > > You don't think the somewhat "threatening" or "menacing" tone, and use > of the word "assassination" might have contributed to the level of > response? > > Note that "terrorism" and "threatening behavior" are generally judged > in terms of the affect felt by the "threatened" (or "target") and NOT > by the (claimed) incentive of the threatener... I view the criticism as "sharp tongued" and nothing more. A sharp tongue is one of my redeeming qualities :)
Unfortunately (for most folks who are subjugated), judges, in effect, cannot be removed. Or more correctly, will not be removed (confer: Judge James Ware, United States District Court for the Northern District of California [1,2,3]). But as a public official, they are subject to criticism. Perhaps they should consider their internal fortitude before seeking and accepting a public office. I do not suffer their "fears of the dark". Jeff As a post script, consider: Pat Robertson, a US based Christian religious leader, called for the assassination of a world leader. The US government did not take action during a time when Muslim religious leaders were being labeled as terrorist for the same. So I find it laughable that the US government took time out of their busy day for me. [1] Cribbing a civil-rights tragedy. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19979949.html [2] Lying Federal Judge James Ware, http://www.fa-ir.org/ai/judgeware.htm [3] James Ware (judge), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ware_%28judge%29 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
