• abraxas@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Just being honest here, I don’t care what you think.

    This empty answer just leads me to believe it’s based on a gut feeling

    I said it was a gut feeling that they got more light sentences than we would like AND that I don’t (entirely, I do a little) blame the judges for that. So you’re right to believe what I said was a gut feeling was a gut feeling. (being quite literal, since you seem to need that, I used the words “I’d guess”). This is largely how court works. Here’s a quick high-level on mitigating circumstances, in case you think for some reason I’m making that part up, too.

    rather than any objective, educated analysis.

    Not exactly sure why you would come to that conclusion. Are you having reddit flashbacks or something?

    I don’t mean it as an attack, just expressing how it should be interpreted by an objective, rational observer.

    With all due respect, demanding evidence or proof from everything anyone says in a civil discourse is absolutely an attack. I said absolutely nothing that was inflammatory or problematic, or that might lead one to question the ernestnest of my testimony.

    Are you acquianted philosophical principles of credulity (Swinburg, Reid?)? It is entirely reasonable to expect one’s testimony to be treated as credible if:

    1. They have nothing personal to gain
    2. They and you have no direct stake in the discussion
    3. Nothing they said directly contradicts reality as you know it.

    Solipsism is absurd. Incredulity towards everything is absurd.

    So why exactly do you find my explanation of my experiences incredible? What do I have to gain? What do you have to lose?

    EDIT: The irony is that you seem to agree with much of what I said anyway. So why are you hitting me with over-the-top cynicism?

    • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      With all due respect, demanding evidence or proof from everything anyone says in a civil discourse is absolutely an attack.

      I’m not demanding anything. I asked if anyone had an objective analysis to compare it to what happens generally. By your own admission, you are just going with your gut, and I’m explaining why your gut means nothing to me.

      If you feel attacked, that’s your own doing, not mine.