scott <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
> >  The lynch mob may consist of "my peers", but they do not have the proper
> > education, training nor experience to handle these things properly (ie. to
> > make sure that suspects are secured and innocent people protected).

> An even more fundamental problem then in our system, is that "normal" people 
> with no training in law or politics get to vote on who runs the country (and 
> hence influence key decisions)!  How absurd is that?

  Less absurd than only 12 people deciding the fate of a suspect.

  Imagine if the leaders of the country were decided by the vote of 12
random people. *That* would be absurd.

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                                                          - Warp

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