Speaking of the justice system, a friend of mine is now a federal defender and ran into a bit of a pickle. See, she and her partner are trying to adopt and when you google her, one of the first three results is for a SC case. Ok, fine, she's made the big leagues, right? Well, it's tied to a pedophilia case. Urk.
I'm reminded of this because it was her reasoning on career choice (she was first a public defender in Philly) that really clarified my thinking on the justice system. Her job isn't justice. It's making the system work. As it should be for all working in it. Hopefully, we can approximate moral justice, but it ain't perfect.
For me, opposition to the death penalty is based on the fact that I don't want the state killing in my/the public's name, because the state is made up of people, and people fuck things up.
I'm on vacation!!! I'm taking the whole week off (except for the work I'm doing Tuesday for a deadline I can't change). The week is not going to be relaxing - just go-go-go between graduations, moving, party prep, and my dad and his wife visiting.
Zachary Quinto on jeopardy. Not bad.
Glad to hear the days have been good, Calli!
I am having trouble deciding what wine to open. I am thinking maybe one of the ones I bought before I started keeping track of when I bought them because that would help me clean up my database.
Bonus, wine that's aged a bit!
I am in complete agreement with TB concerning the death penalty. In cases such as this one, I'm far more concerned about its impact on government and society than on Tsarnaev.
Yup, eleven year old Zin is not too shabby.
Goes well with Scandal, I have to say.
