The Magical Power of a Judge

August 8, 2010 by Bradley Jardis
Filed under: Laugh at the Aggressors

Face it, citizen: judges have some sort of magical power that allows them to control men and women who carry weapons. Through a flick of the wrist and a wave of a pen one of these mythical creatures can command these men and women to violently drag you away and throw you in a cage for the simple act of not showing them your undying respect by standing when they enter a room. The men and women using violence as directed will never question what they’re being told to do.

Understanding and embracing the magical power these gifted people possess naturally leads to understanding the necessity of enacting a change to a New Hampshire law, RSA 502-A:23. It presently reads:

502-A:23 Judicial Robes. – The justice of a district court shall wear an appropriate black judicial robe whenever his court is convened in criminal or civil session. Such robes shall be paid for by the state.

Our friend and OTN star Luthor has suggested the law be amended to read as follows:

502-A:23 Judicial Robes. – The justice of a district court shall wear a unicorn costume whenever his court is convened in criminal or civil session. Such costume shall be paid for by the state.

Who can really argue that a unicorn costume is not a more fitting for someone who is able to entrance men and women carrying weapons into doing violent things like they do?

Be it done!

Burke

(Above: Edward models the proposed judicial wardrobe change. Credit for the photo.)

wouter215

and a pink magic wand instead of the hammer.
http://stupittmoran.blogspot.com/ Stu Pitt Moran

Never play leap frog with a unicorn
Bones

Is this what pot does to a person?
Bradley Jardis

Is this what pot does to a person?

Actually, yeah… this is what pot does to a person. Possessing pot ends you up in front of men in robes who will throw you in a cage for having it.

In this particular blog I am protesting the way judges throw peaceful people into jail cells. Do you disagree with the merits of such a protest?
KEENENATIVE

Some poor artist – a teenager girl, I'd guess – spent a lot of time doing the unicorn artwork. How do you think she feels, seeing her work photoshopped onto this bozos' head? Didn't think of THAT, didja', Mr Smarty-pants Liberty douche!? HUH? DIDJA???…///…Do they define what constitutes an "in-appropriate" "black judicial robe"???…
max allison

i am unclear on your protest- are your protesting standing to respect the entrance and exit of a judge, their attire, or the subject for why you may be held accountable for being placed in a jail cell? or are you just protesting the notion of a judicial entity and it's social contracts?
Paul

i am unclear on your protest- are your protesting standing to respect the entrance and exit of a judge, their attire, or the subject for why you may be held accountable for being placed in a jail cell? or are you just protesting the notion of a judicial entity and it’s social contracts?

To me, I'd say it's about the notion that behaviors which would normally be considered clearly immoral, are supposedly moral for these folks.

If I were to try to lock a man in a jail cell for, say, not standing for me, or for having an attitude of "contempt" for me, I myself would be arrested.

Also, many of the laws and codes these folks enforce are immoral.

I do think there is a valuable role for judges and courts in society, both to act as arbiters to resolve disputes between neighbors, and to help determine appropriate restitution, or other measures, to be taken against a person who has harmed others (or others' property).

I very much like Gandhi's idea of Swaraj, for example. Judges should be arbiters selected by disputants, as well as well respected members of the community. They should not rely upon the pageantry of titles, robes, high throne like seats, nor, certainly, should they be considered exempt from common moral standards.

Rather, it should be their exceptional adherence to moral standards, and wisdom, which earns them the status of judges, or leaders in the community. They should earn the respect of others — not compel it under threat of force.
Bradley Jardis

Exactly what Paul said.

I protest what people like Edward Burke do on a daily basis….. and that is act as a public relations front for the use of violence against mostly peaceful people.

The institutionalized use violence is immoral and people like Ed Burke serve to mask the reality of what really is going on.

If a single human being really had the "power" to order violence or caging of another human being… that would surely make them magical.
max allison

so paul explains himself very will- bradley, i'm sorry to say that you still leave me confused. but let me help you define magical thinking, for example for the etching of the caves of lascoux. earliest man drew animals on cave walls, then drew arrows piercing into them. this developed them into savvier hunters. they believed the drawings "magically" helped them hunt, what it really did was helped them develop their understanding and skill as hunters. it was the beginning of religion. if you look at "magical" thinking w/ judges, as a society we believe in their power. we listen to them. we abide by them. we make them real, just as real as anything else we might have faith in. whether they have a robe on or a unicorn costume on, they have a power that we gave them. it's too late, what's been done is done.
Bradley Jardis

I'm sorry that I am not nearly as eloquent as my friend Paul in articulating my position. I am no journalism major.

it's too late, what's been done is done.

I respectfully disagree.

I believe society can continue to evolve… from cavemen, to the state, to a state-less society where individuals are all sovereign and no group of individuals gains the ability to initiate violence by virtue of wearing a robe or uniform.
max allison

you think we can achieve a state-less society sans respectful order of discipline? we had that, we did evolve- we developed a social contract. it might need amending, but abolishing? survival hinged on those drawings, just as it does know as we respectfully communicate. sans discipline, sans contract, sans magic, we do not exist.
Matt

Hi Brad. Are you still in law enforcement? What did your fellow officers and your boss think when you changed your way of thinking?
Matt

Hi brad- In reference to my comment #12 above. I just saw some videos by dave ridley about your situation. Wow.