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August 15, 2005
Liars & Bloggers
There are actually some days when I wish I were an attorney, if only to know what it's like to be hated worse than a black man. Other times, like today I'd like to know the difference between civil and criminal contempt, and in that way I'd understand something about the flap over Bear Flagger XRLQ and even more about the Plame game.
What I can tell is that it's not ok to call people liars at their own website, especially if they are pedantic. I think this is just the sort of thing that is the difference between the MSM and the blogosphere. Long live the blogosphere, where a spade is a goddamned spade - even if it's all in legalese.
Posted by mbowen at August 15, 2005 06:19 AM
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Here's the difference between civil and criminal contempt, in a nutshell. Forget court rooms, judges speaking legalese, etc., and picture a mother trying control a bratty kid. Criminal contempt is grounding the kid for six weeks (or any other fixed period of time). Civil contempt is telling him to go to his room, and stay there until he's ready to be good.
Judith Miller's version of civil contempt is basically this: "but mo-om, I don't wanna be good, now, or six weeks from now, so if you tell me I have to stay in my room until I behave, you might as well just ground me for six weeks instead."
Posted by: Xrlq at August 15, 2005 06:47 AM
with this i am sending a important disticntion between the types of contempt
Posted by: ananth kumar at September 1, 2005 11:01 PM
with this i am sending a important disticntion between the types of contempt
Posted by: ananth kumar at September 1, 2005 11:01 PM