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The Japan Times
CITIZEN JUSTICE
Like lay judges, court interpreter system still in nascency
By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer
OSAKA — With the new lay judge system set to debut May 21, legal professionals, law enforcement officials and the media are busy with final preparations...
Unlike the United States, for example, there are no precedents for these kinds of problems in Japan. "In America, lawyers for the prosecution and the defense would likely learn during juror selection if any of them are fluent in the language of the defendant or the plaintiff. Interpreters must be very careful, because misinterpretation of key statements opens up the possibility of a mistrial," said S. McIntire Allen, an Osaka-based American attorney who is licensed in California and New York.

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. ― William Shakeseare, Measuree for Measure MMMeKaren Michelle Johnston aka

But it would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in, was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into. ― Karen Michelle Johnston aka ichelle Shocked
Occam's razor
The simplest explanation is often the most likely.
Herding sheep is easier than herding orangutang.
Homo Erectus oldest fossil about
2 million years ago in Africa
1 million years in Java
1/2 million years in Europe
If a disproportionate percentage of one’s ancestors predates living indoors, will living outdoors feel more natural?
...there is nothing in this world which is, God forbid, extraneous... ― Zebra Wolf of Zhitomir Bonai Shalom Siddur
At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart’s desire without transgressing the norm. ― Confucius
Not for me. Feels more like the following.
I used to think that men went gray because they had stressful jobs with stressful decisions to make. Now, I think it happens when men start to feel in their bones that the great moments of their lives...might not turn out to be quite as great as they’d always hoped. When the real world starts creeping in. What separates the believers like Glen from everybody else is... [Glen salutes] their ability to block this real world out. Some people call this insanity. ― War Machine
Democracy and capitalism are incompatible.
Capitalism requires racism.
Economic slavery requires capitalism.
Communism is a prerequisite of anarchy.
Science is a systematic approach to the material world in which there is an empirical analogue in the material world for every element in science. ― Oscar Whitfield Brock, Jr.
