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Originally Posted by Just Alex
Running of the Jew happens in Borat's Kazakhstan not Eastern Europe.
Tolerance and respect? Wait a minute again. So when someone says "Jews can marry 3 year olds" its anti-semitism, yet "Catholic practice cannibalism on weekly basic" its a point of view? I know you're lawyer and all but come on!
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It's much broader than this recent exchange; what Michael endures here as the lighting rod for his faith is abysmal and stands in defiance of every value that I treasure as an American. So as you sew, so shall you reap; if you dish out intolerance, you can hardly expect tolerance from a jury judging contemporary community standards.
I've come to know Michael and his wife over most of a decade and he is a class act. Smart, funny, and a gentleman in every sense that I can see. There is an instinct deep within me to protect and defend underdogs - it's why I defend clients in this industry. Whether the village is in Eastern Europe or in the fringes of Asia should not concern you as much as the dangerous dichotomy between the kind of tolerance that you would ask from a jury if you got into trouble and the intolerance and cruelty you show to others.
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Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice. . . Restraint in the pursuit of Justice is no virtue.
Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964