In Reply to: Re: Part One posted by Peter on 25 January 2004 at 09:53:32:
: Treat Judges with great respect or you will not do yourself a service. the phrase about judges not liking decisions from non judges is offensive and incorrect. Their job is apply the law and no more and no less. :
Judges are entitled to no greater or lesser respect than the rest of us - dare I say - even those in front of them. I take what you are saying to mean that we - the great unwashed - should treat judges with a greater degree of respect than they do us.
You seem to be saying that the legal process should not vigorously be criticised and that doing so is offensive. Just because you find something offensive, doesn't make it offensive. The fact is that I didn't find the comment offensive. So it isn't! It is offensive to you.
Once again you say the comment that "judges not liking decisions from non judges is offensive and incorrect" cannot be completely true unless you have interviewed every judge both now and dead to ascertain their opinions.
GG