Ken WhiteMay 10, 2023
I think I should get credit for not yelling at even ONE person who called a civil verdict a conviction.
Show threadMrShoggothMay 10, 2023
@Popehat - Lawyers: invent tortuous jargon to confuse laymen.
Lawyers: mock laymen for using incorrect jargon.
#VirtuousCircle
Show threadKen White
@MrShoggoth I mean, I think it would be condescending to think people don't know the difference between civilly responsible and criminally guilty.
May 11, 2023 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadIndustrial SmoothingMay 11, 2023
@Popehat @MrShoggoth If we cant call Trump a criminal (yet) can we at least call him a tortfeasor.
Show threadVirginicusMay 11, 2023
@industrialsmoothing @Popehat @MrShoggoth I’m partial to “malefactor”.
Show threadOilyParsnipsMay 11, 2023
@Popehat @MrShoggoth and yet many don't
Show threadMrShoggothMay 11, 2023
@Popehat - Both trials are events held in front of a judge and jury in which lawyers on one side try to prove that the guy on the other sexually assaulted their client. Beyond a reasonable doubt? More likely than not? Whatever. Bring out the tumbril! *sings the Marseilles