Edwards!

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Originally Posted by yesman065

How can you possibly put a numerical value on a limb, an eye or the ability to think, act, walk and so on. Its impossible. The next step would be to say that an artists limb is more valuable than a non-artists. All of this creates a situation that is untenable. There is no clear answer, no solution, nor can there be.

If you cannot put a value on a limb, eye, etc then you are no where near as ruthless as I am. Think about that for a minute when you consider that, here, I have been called a liberal.

If you cannot put a number on something, then only emotion and chaos results. We even have a number for the value of an average human life. If you are an emotional type, then you don't like it. Too bad. That ruthlessness is also called reality.

Stop using emotion for logic. Everything has a value. That is not disputable. The more difficult part is finding that value. And there is why the jury room needs historical precedents, facts, written testimony, and the many other things necessary to quash emotion.

To tell me that "it is impossible" is ... well you also ran away from another discussion when I asked "what is the purpose of war". I call that being a quitter or too emotional to be trusted. It is not impossible. It is only difficult. If it was impossible, then burn down the courts; they have no purpose.

A reasonable number can be applied only if logic prevails. And yet the jury room cow towed to emotion. Others even represent personal assumptions into hype – such as people only sue for windfall profits. We were not even permitted courtroom testimony in that jury room. Everything was based only on personal recollections. That is a room ripe for decision only based in emotions.