“Everyone knows heavy drinkers can stop whenever they want to, so I never tried.”  -Scott Hanel

Defense Atty Andrew Branca says Chauvin should be granted a mistrial. That would have one nice effect: It would tell the mob that mobishness does not work.

I'd find Officer Chauvin Not Guilty on most counts since the state hasn't proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Chauvin even caused Floyd's death.

Our current culture no longer finds addicts responsible for their horrible addictions. But I think they are.

"Another burglar demanded to know from me why he repeatedly broke into houses and stole VCRs. He asked the question aggressively, as if ‘the system’ had so far let him down in not supplying him with the answer; as if it were my duty as a doctor to provide him with the buried psychological secret that, once revealed, would in and of itself lead him unfailingly on the path of virtue. Until then he would continue to break into houses and steal VCRs (when at liberty to do so), and the blame would be mine. When I refused to examine his past, he exclaimed, ‘But something must make me do it!’ ‘How about greed, laziness, and a thirst for excitement?’ I suggested. ‘What about my childhood?’ he asked. ‘Nothing to do with it,’ I replied firmly. He looked at me as if I had assaulted him."  -Theodore Dalrymple