Posted by confuzyq on July 8, 2007, at 18:01:50
In reply to false analogy » Dr. Bob, posted by zeugma on July 8, 2007, at 16:47:48
...that was my own bad analogy. :-( I think the only part of it that Bob was commenting on was the "...no judgment or disparagement of the poster" part (claiming that reprimands never are).
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> > > And in this kind of case, to me it is clearly no judgment or disparagement of the poster, just a technical violation, such as a speeding ticket would be.
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> > In all cases, actually...
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> > Bob>>
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> Speeding tickets are not given for 'technical' violations.
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> A police officer who fails to read a defendant his Miranda Rights will have the subsequent confession thrown out on technical grounds.
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> But there is nothing 'technical' about being given a ticket for breaking the speed limit.
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> Substantive law and procedural (or 'technical')law are utterly distinct.
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> One involves an offense. The other does not.
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> Whitewashing this distinction only serves the purpose of obfuscation.
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> -z
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