| | :::: Well, yes it would. In a courtroom, if the judge decides to pardon the defendant, but the defendant doesn't accept it (whatever that might mean, perhaps he protests the decision and maintains that he doesn't deserve to go free), it doesn't make a difference. If the court pardons you, you're pardoned whether you like it or not. The courts aren't going to punish you just because you didn't agree with the decision. The second objection is that the judge isn't simply handing out pardons, he's taking the punishment on himself, which seems like an unnecessary step. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 19:58, 17 December 2009 (EST) | | :::: Well, yes it would. In a courtroom, if the judge decides to pardon the defendant, but the defendant doesn't accept it (whatever that might mean, perhaps he protests the decision and maintains that he doesn't deserve to go free), it doesn't make a difference. If the court pardons you, you're pardoned whether you like it or not. The courts aren't going to punish you just because you didn't agree with the decision. The second objection is that the judge isn't simply handing out pardons, he's taking the punishment on himself, which seems like an unnecessary step. [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 19:58, 17 December 2009 (EST) |
| | + | :::::If you're arguing that people who thumb their noses at a presiding judge are not punished, that's wrong. Similarly, people who thumb their noses at God are sent to Hell. Do you even mention Hell in your essay? Jesus spoke about Hell more often than Heaven.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:09, 17 December 2009 (EST) |