Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 20, 2023

It’s mass hysteria.

I’d like to weigh in with an opinion!!!

That’s why I take a lawyer’s opinions with a grain of salt. Maybe several ounces of salt!

A rather light argument.

Hope he’s not allowed to pound on the podium.

Well, of course, he’s right. Isn’t he?

Objection! Counsel has not shown evidence that the scale is inaccurate

That upper limit was not a hard bar for him to clear.

my cat’s weight is accurate to something like tenths of an ounce. vet has electronically calibrated (state certified) scales. when she says so many tenths of an ounce, i tend to believe her.

The ’ol Reasonable Doubt Ploy.

The basis of everything the GQP attempts in court and Congress – argue and obfuscate and obstruct

The hot air makes them lighter.

A defense attorney

Shakespeare was right…“First thing we do…kill all the lawyers!”

I’m just here for the puns today.

Irrelevance – the modern plague

My scale is a liar, so I punish it by putting in the corner of the bathroom.

My bathroom scale would lose this case. I can stand on it, get one reading, then get off and stand on it again and get a second reading as much as eight pounds different.

I call it the random number generator.

There is a saying that, “The perfect is the enemy of the good enough.”

That lawyer’s argument is a fine example.

Ah, but let’s not forget that the folks of Toledo

Unselfishly gave us the scale

No springs, honest weight, that’s the promise they made

So smile and be thankful next time you get weighed!

“Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio,” John Denver

Hence: “Reasonable doubt”

I object ! It is solely up to the Jury to weigh the evidence.

That’s why there is the “margin of error +/-2%” in the instructions

You are overweight, itis just that we can’t tell ‘accurately’ by how much, by your own argument.

What is legally overweight? I didn’t know there was a law…

The judge looks really interested.

Some of the best lawyers are overweight. Look at Perry Mason

The scales of justice.

The scales of justice don’t work that way. :)

Here here. Let’s go with that. Never trust a scale. …unless of course it is in your favor, then just smile and wave boys. Just smile and wave.

You must take into account the gravity of the accusation.

Funny. I thought the scale of justice was that two-sided type.

Civil trial…only 6 jurors…

But certainly legally overwrought.

Because juries always agree with both lawyers.

There is the “Legal for Trade” thing.

His logic is weighty and insurmountable…

The weight of his clothes is throwing off the accuracy. Take off your clothes and show the jury your new weight.

I’d like to introduce him to a couple of lab scales. Let’s just see how much accuracy Mr Argumentative demands before he pretends to pay attention to the facts.

Why does burrocricy get the beef, and justice the baloney?

depends on your tolerance

Nirvana fallacy, or “perfect solution fallacy”