tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post8662360407717059747..comments2023-11-06T11:31:25.673-08:00Comments on Activist Teacher: About the obscenity of the legal mind and its grotesque displays of arroganceDenis Rancourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-88804192610841891162010-08-25T22:19:11.031-07:002010-08-25T22:19:11.031-07:00I am just an uneducated bloke living in the povert...I am just an uneducated bloke living in the poverty class in a wealthy nation like Kanata and driven to insanity by institutional abuse and rogue bureaucrats.. People are so conditioned and culture is difficult for people to break free from. There is no justice system only a legal system that benefits on the plight and misfortune of the ill-informed standing before the magistrate <br /> ForgottenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-32833842452436544082010-08-22T13:39:50.346-07:002010-08-22T13:39:50.346-07:00Reading is good and provides a means to meaningful...<i>Reading is good and provides a means to meaningful discourse. Why exactly are you reading this blog? If you don't want to read Rousseau, then read Foucault and his massive treatise "History of Madness" and also "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison".</i><br /><br />I wouldn't argue otherwise, and haven't. I'm not that strawman you've erected. Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-84098816588071713872010-08-20T00:01:06.183-07:002010-08-20T00:01:06.183-07:00@dark daught "But in the meantime I just want...@dark daught "<i>But in the meantime I just wanted to say thanks for this critique of the legal system and how it intertwines with corporatization in order to criminalize those who resist and to reduce their human and civil rights down to pretty much nothing.</i>"<br /><br />Which did not happen in the case that I reported. Approximately, 250,000 GBP worth of damage was done by peace gygesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-80992515354567228982010-08-18T20:50:39.873-07:002010-08-18T20:50:39.873-07:00@Morocco Bama:
"I have never read him in his...@Morocco Bama:<br /><br />"I have never read him in his entirety. What's interesting is that I share some of his observations and perceptions, and yet I've never covered any of his material in depth."<br /><br />AND<br /><br />"That being said, I believe the process of independently arriving at this point [...] is one that should be encouraged and engendered relentlessly,&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-71103679826692864922010-08-18T10:00:36.045-07:002010-08-18T10:00:36.045-07:00A cursory reading of Rousseau from this link revea...A cursory reading of Rousseau from this link reveals another shared observation I have arrived at independently. It also segues nicely with the comments in regards to education and free, critical thought and inquiry and free, unencumbered creativity.<br /><br />http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon_01.htm#001<br /><br />From the link, Rousseau states, and I concur:<br /><br /><i>Aristotle was Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-7040564476850058942010-08-18T06:19:39.121-07:002010-08-18T06:19:39.121-07:00Ironically, 10:50, although I know of Rousseau via...Ironically, 10:50, although I know of Rousseau via my philosophy courses, especially in regards to the topic of man and the state of nature, I have never read him in his entirety. What's interesting is that I share some of his observations and perceptions, and yet I've never covered any of his material in depth....at least not directly. However, indirect exposure to Rousseau's, or anyMorocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-17022819962556686772010-08-17T16:28:36.766-07:002010-08-17T16:28:36.766-07:00@Morocco Bama:
Thank you for your last post.
Thi...@Morocco Bama:<br /><br />Thank you for your last post. <br />This in particular:<br /><br />"You may argue otherwise, but then you must answer the question, why bother stating you have a right at all, if you were merely born with said rights and you believe they are part of the fabric of your being granted by god, or the universe at large. The problem with this line of thinking is it opens Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-38878476390207747442010-08-17T15:05:42.897-07:002010-08-17T15:05:42.897-07:00I have to read the exchanges between you and your ...I have to read the exchanges between you and your commenters. But in the meantime I just wanted to say thanks for this critique of the legal system and how it intertwines with corporatization in order to criminalize those who resist and to reduce their human and civil rights down to pretty much nothing.Dark Daughtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461439416312772862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-8685572507430485132010-08-16T10:50:14.355-07:002010-08-16T10:50:14.355-07:00To follow up Morocco Bama's point, see "T...To follow up Morocco Bama's point, see "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-1077775593688592492010-08-16T05:15:28.437-07:002010-08-16T05:15:28.437-07:00Whereas I agree with your assessment in this post ...Whereas I agree with your assessment in this post about priorities and purpose of the state justice and penal system, and its predilection to elevate property concerns above the concerns of life and quality of life, I disagree with you when you segueway into the issue of rights. It seems to me that in order to remain consistent with your firm ideological stance of conveying as little or no power Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-83267404570500357812010-08-15T15:33:41.914-07:002010-08-15T15:33:41.914-07:00I find the prospect of a school system designed to...<i>I find the prospect of a school system designed to produce independent thinking to be frightening.</i><br /><br />Engender does not equal produce. Independent thought cannot be produced, only engendered and facilitated. Independent thought is not a commodity, and it's rather insulting and hypocritical for someone who advocates for it to refer to it in materialistic terms.<br /><br /><i>Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-790102606179812302010-08-15T13:43:35.964-07:002010-08-15T13:43:35.964-07:00to Morocco Bama:
I find the prospect of a school ...to Morocco Bama:<br /><br />I find the prospect of a school system designed to produce independent thinking to be frightening.<br /><br />Like "department of justice" and "military intelligence" kind of frightening.<br /><br />I find the kind of social engineering that you propose to be nightmarish. <br /><br />It seems to me we are all better off when it is obvious that the Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-63831154076257557622010-08-15T09:58:55.905-07:002010-08-15T09:58:55.905-07:00No its not mate, at least not anymore, its all com...<i>No its not mate, at least not anymore, its all commerce.</i><br /><br />Precisely. It's designed to create a criminal class of persons, and increasingly this criminal class, in this declining economy, are being used as free labor for the same shareholders who own the prisons.<br /><br />Next week, we have Cool Hand Luke scheduled for the family movie. It's appropriate viewing for this Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-89173122477796123772010-08-14T14:06:11.488-07:002010-08-14T14:06:11.488-07:00"The justice and punishment system is really ..."The justice and punishment system is really designed for things like spousal abuse, street fights and bar brawls, and all that. "<br /><br />No its not mate, at least not anymore, its all commerce. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0IM7Hobd_k<br /><br />Maybe with Common law (Old Bailey) it is, but that is synonymous with gun ownership, police are a secondary consideration inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-17507586524458140132010-08-14T13:45:33.371-07:002010-08-14T13:45:33.371-07:00to Anonymous:
You make a clear and helpful critic...to Anonymous:<br /><br />You make a clear and helpful criticism but, in my opinion, it would be of greater constructive benefit to you and to society if you did not use the cover of anonymity. <br /><br />It would make your position appear more credible and would give you the occasion to receive feedback from those who know you.<br /><br />It would be a start towards breaking the fear reaction Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-84017890143538356952010-08-14T12:47:04.759-07:002010-08-14T12:47:04.759-07:00Dr. Rancourt you have to stop writing essays about...Dr. Rancourt you have to stop writing essays about shit you know shitall about. Seriously what the fuck are you talking about! <br /><br />When a person is accused of a crime their rights are now limited decided on a case per case way. That's how it works. Maybe it shouldn't be like that but if that's what you think then write a fucking fiction novel and stop it with your stupid Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com