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Why So Much lnjus tice?
As Mr. Schroeder rightly
justice. The tyrannical and
spans twenty years. Still ,
states, there are the sharp
oppressive selling of justice is
when thc local mine closed
How cnjoyable it was to
lawyers who use every trick
denounced throughout the
could find no employment
read D. Schroeder's in-depth
to acquit a prisoner whom
Bible (Psalm 58:1-4, etc.).
whatever for three years. l'm
article "Why So Much
they very well know to be
With enlightened
working now as a computer
l njustice?" wbich covered
guilty.
documented candor, Michael
programmer for a dollar over
aspects of the legal systcms
Even the act of God in
Ledeen judiciously writes in
mínimum wage. We are
appertaining in the Uníted
destroying mankind except for
his new book
Grave New
officially in "poverty."
States and most English
Noah and his family, has not
World
that "lawyers are not
My home area has severa!
spcaking countries, clcarly
resulted in a better world.
culturally, philosophically or
major exploration targets for
exposing the various methods
What is needed is someone
politically fit to make
the cobalt- and
used by which criminals are
with the wisdom of Solomon,
domestic (or foreign) policy
platinum-group metals which
released from police custody ,
pending a just and caring
decisions."
your article mentions , as well
the courts or prison, to freely
World Government and not
V.M. Corsetti
as for gold, lead and other
wa lk the streets.... England
until then will justice be seen
San Mateo, California
metals. These targets remain
still cherishes the objective of to be done.
untested for lack of money
an unarmed police force,
F.E. Wilson
Myst e ry of t he Ages
and interest among the
although it is doubtful if this
Dorset. England
Thank you very much for
mining companies.
Jf
any of
can be maintained much
the book
Mystery of the
these targets holds ore-grade
longer, as crowd violence and
We live in and with a legal
minerali zation it could make
raci al riots are increasing.
jungle unfortunately and
The
Ages.
1 appreciate its
an importan! contr ibution to
plainness of speech and
Whilst condemning all
Plain Truth
is to be
clarity of thought.
national defense.
forms of corruption which
especially commended for
In the "Author's
Tbe mineral leases have
alas! exists in all professions,
focusing on the evil inequities
Statement" in the book, you
lapsed and the companies
let us give tbanks to those
of our double-standard justice
claim to have lived
8~
years
have left. Exploration has
policc officers who carry out
system in its accu rate article
stopped. The people are gone.
their duties courteously and
"Why So Much lnjustice?"
in the previous ccntury. Yet,
The ore may well be in the
effcctively, whatever the
in the October issue.
in your autobiography your
ground but it's beyond reach
provocation.
According to a recent
birthday is given as July
without a mine and mili.
1892. Doesn 't this mean that
Let us also give thought to
report by the University of
you have in fact lived
7 ~
And if we need the metals
a j ury system which is so
Maryland's Philosophy
[of the kind] under these
often innuenced by the local
Department by legal
years, not
8~
years, in the
bilis we' ll have to buy them
19th ccntury?
environment. for example, in
researcher and author David
Henry Penna
from Russ ia.
the East End of London, the
Luban, "lawyers' fees deny,
William F. Jud
chance of a jury convicting a
delay, and deprive people of
West Ba bylon, New York
Exploration Geologist
driver for being incapable,
the rccognized rights and
Fredericktown, Missouri
through drink, of having
protections that cannot be
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The 20th century began
Ric h Llttle Po or land
proper control of a vehicle,
resolved by any other
on January 1, 1901. nor on
would more often than not,
alternative means of resolving
January l. 1900. That is
1 am overwhelmed by John
be remote, whereas an
disputes. The
made clear by tite fact that
Halford 's contribution on
innoccnt person charged with
self-aggrandizing fees also
the jirst cenrury of our era
Bhutan, and especially for its
an indecent assault upon a
obstruct justice, abuse
began on January l. A.D. 1
one revealing sentence: "This
chi ld, would have the greatest court-users and courts'
and ended December 31, A.D.
simple tool is manufactured
difficulty in establishing
processes, cause unfair
100. So the 20th century is
entirely in Bhutan, and sold
innocencc. In the former case, unilateral judge's decisions
not exactly equivalen/ to the
at cost (about US$1
O)
to the
drinking to excess is
with the individual
1900s.
farmers."
acceptable or at least
unrepresented, institutionalize
Minerals Crisis
In my judgment, within
excusable, whereas child
segregationism and intensify
that sentence is a message
abuse is unacceptable.
the pariah status on the
1 enjoyed your article on
which implies the reason for
Even the medica! profession economically disadvantaged."
minera.ls.
the social intelligence
is subjected to certain
In 1939, Vale Professor of
America is in sorry
practised by these people, and
innuences, depending upon
Law Fred Rodell warned us
condition with respect to its
which can be emulated
whether or not the doctor is
in his book
Woe Unto You
mineral production. Not only
anywhere on earth. In a
representing the prosecution
Lawyers
(the title taken from
are our mines closing, but
marginal note to this
or the defence, both doctors
Luke
JI
:52) that our
our experienced geologists and sentence, 1 wrote, "no profit,"
possibly arriving at completely inherited organic law oo
mining personnel are being
as that message's keyword.
opposing opinions, following a
which our Constitution and
forced out of their
Rober t Skalak Smitb
medica! examination of a
Bill of Rights are based does
professions.
Yajalon, Chiapas
prisoner.
not permit the selling of
My exploration experience
Mexico
February
1986
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