On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 Anton Sherwood <dasher@netcom.com> Wrote:
>I expect any justice system worthy of the name to follow a principle
>of *procedural* equality, i.e. no disputant gets an advantage over
>others on account of some personal status.
It sounds nice, but those who expect equal justice have always been
disappointed and always will be because nothing is free and some law is more
expensive than others. If that's the sort of law you want then you're going
to have to and bid against others who want something different. In the real
world compromises must be made, nobody is powerful enough to have exactly the
law they want and priorities must be set. Personally stopping any unfair
advantages I might have would be dead last on my list of priorities, I don't
think I'm very strange in that regard but your mileage may vary. Nevertheless
the question remains, just how much money would you really be willing to
shell out to ensure that you were treated not one bit better than somebody
who didn't spend a dime?
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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