Comments on: The Good, The Bad, The Emotional http://despinakarras.com/2009/05/the-good-the-bad-the-emotional/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: appealtoheaven http://despinakarras.com/2009/05/the-good-the-bad-the-emotional/comment-page-1/#comment-10 appealtoheaven Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:45:29 +0000 http://despinakarras.com/2009/05/the-good-the-bad-the-emotional/#comment-10 It just kills me that a Justice who favors basing a case on the Legislature, the group representing the will of the people, is considered a 'Right Wing Extremist."<br /><br />It's 'extreme' to default to the written Law and the Constitution, and not personal feelings, experience, or any other arbitrary subjective whim? <br /><br />Similar to what Thomas Sowell remarked, would an Umpire be considered an 'extremist' for calling balls and strikes based as close to the rules as possible, regardless of his personal experience and empathy?<br /><br />I agree with you D.K. As with journalism, while total objectivity may not be humanly possible - it should be the goal which is strived for. <br /><br />In my opinion, to call that view 'extremism,' is absurd, and a perversion of language. It just kills me that a Justice who favors basing a case on the Legislature, the group representing the will of the people, is considered a 'Right Wing Extremist."

It's 'extreme' to default to the written Law and the Constitution, and not personal feelings, experience, or any other arbitrary subjective whim?

Similar to what Thomas Sowell remarked, would an Umpire be considered an 'extremist' for calling balls and strikes based as close to the rules as possible, regardless of his personal experience and empathy?

I agree with you D.K. As with journalism, while total objectivity may not be humanly possible – it should be the goal which is strived for.

In my opinion, to call that view 'extremism,' is absurd, and a perversion of language.

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