Maybe when he realizes that the presence of the hat actually _isn't_ disruptive, he will cease to bother enforcing it at all. Sometimes brainwashing can be hard to undo…. and to believe that a hat has any bearing on "order" is certainly a form of brainwashing. But when that process can be reversed, it's a good thing.

You probably ought to tow a fine line when making these kinds of criticisms. It's not like he reads this blog, but still….. it serves no real purpose to call him out on this kind of thing, because to call him out on inconsistency is to sort of implies that you WANT him to hassle people about hats. But that's is not what we want. Inconsistency is NOT a bad thing…. if the reason for the change is that the person wants to correct a past error they made.

People will often do dumb things to "save face." Don't embarass him about his past mistakes. Just let him gracefully accept that he was wrong before, and let him come to terms with that. When he sees hats are no threat, and when he sees that court spectators are polite and no threat at all, he'll finally let go of all the silliness that he once clung to.

Too bad Jesse didn't cooperate, I guess the judge was in an extra good mood because he had a big audience and so,he let him go this time.

I wonder what effect if any Jesse saying "please" had on the outcome.

of course i'm sure the powers that be put pressure on him to hold the line…

And assawyer I think Burke was smirking an evil smile when making that comment. Surprised me that he backed down.