University of Florida bars professors from testifying in a voting rights case

Re:University of Florida bars professors from testifying in ... by Retric on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:45PM (#29072004)

Yep. Democracy isn’t perfect it’s just one compromise among many.

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Re:University of Florida bars professors from testifying in ... by UnpossibleJim on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:17PM (#29072462)

So better that more innocents be punished than risk any guilty going free? Truly, your love of the strictest "definition" of democracy is baffling, though I think most would vote against you.

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Re:University of Florida bars professors from testifying in ... by Retric on Monday November 01, 2021 @07:53PM (#29074999)

No, Democracy gets it wrong in both directions with more of the guilty set free and more of the innocent sent to prison at least compared to a hypothetical ideal system.

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Re:University of Florida bars professors from testifying in ... by mcguire on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:11PM (#29073163)

I'm not sure how you get "punishing innocents" from publishing a very incriminating recording even though making such a recording is illegal.

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Re:University of Florida bars professors from testifying in ... by UnpossibleJim on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:29PM (#29073387)

You literally called the Salem witch trials democracy in action, and don't understand how I got to punishing the innocent?

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