Who's Bad?I am disappointed to see the founding editor comment unfavorably on Justice Roberts's willingness to serve as attorney for "the bad guys" ("Tilting at Windmills," by Charles Peters, December 2005). It is obvious that with overzealous o·ver·zeal·ous adj. Excessively enthusiastic: overzealous movie fans; an overzealous manager. o toadies This article is about the rock band. For the Nintendo characters, see Toady (Nintendo character). Toadies were a post-grunge band from Fort Worth, Texas. The band's final lineup consisted of Todd Lewis, Mark Reznicek, Lisa Umbarger, and Clark Vogeler. such as our current Attorney General in place we may need protection from the "good guys." We need to have the bad guys get a stout defense to prevent reckless unprepared DAs obtaining convictions that will be reversed. The current tendency to be overwhelmed by obviously arbitrary moral judgments such as Peters's on Roberts is misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. in the purportedly fact-based reporting goals of The Washington Monthly. Stout defense of the worst makes the state do its job by the standards of proof Peters would want should someone bring a charge of moral relativism The philosophized notion that right and wrong are not absolute values, but are personalized according to the individual and his or her circumstances or cultural orientation. It can be used positively to effect change in the law (e.g. against The Washington Monthly. Joseph Crayhon via email |
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