XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.supp   
   rt.schizophrenia   
   From: being@apolka.sign   
      
   Noah wrote:   
   > one wrote:   
      
   >>When my turn arrived while my plea was the same, an   
   >>explanation as to exactly what was going on failed   
   >>to impress the judge and so it was, traffic school as well.   
   >   
   >Yes, in such situations give enough information to answer questions.   
   >No more.  This is stock lawyerly advice, I understand.  Volunteer   
   >nothing.   
      
   To plead no contest may differ from admitting guilt.   
      
   We didn't have computers during that time. At present,   
   finding out if the posted speed limit applies for a number   
   of miles might be found, if one had the desire to sew dew.   
      
   >>Some authorities might go by the Book, the Letter as it were.   
   >>Some are more in tune with what's called the Spirit.   
   >>   
   >>Whether spirits exist or the Spirit might be   
   >>a question beyond the realm of higher education,   
   >>beyond physical science and experimentation.   
   >>   
   >>- measures vary   
   >   
   >True.  My point was, that faulted as they are, the professional is   
   >still your best choice.  If nothing else, you might not know when to   
   >shut up.   
      
   Generally speaking, when you say, your,   
   as in, your best choice, you might mean, you.   
      
   An odd feature of Tao Chia is how ways are ways.   
   A way can be the way, but not necessarily always.   
      
   For some people, perhaps most people, professional help   
   might be the best help if they can afford it and if they   
   don't have the tools or inclination to be a DIYer.   
      
   Lots of people don't go to schools and do very well.   
   Many are capable of learning on their own and   
   doing on their own, naturally.   
      
   >Courtrooms are often not a good place to find justice.  That is why it   
   >takes a skillful lawyer to get you unscathed out the front door.   
      
   Many innocent people might be advised to know   
   when to hold, fold, walk away or fight. Cutting a deal works   
   for some people some times. Others might fight for a principle.   
   Many appeal, lose, appeal and lose again, and again.   
   Eventually some laws change at times.   
      
   >Or as some might say, a trial is a contest to see who has the best   
   >lawyer.  So, you do want the best you can get.  Prison is no joke.   
   >Your feeling of self satisfaction might fade, at having told that   
   >judge what you thought, when the cell block bully wants you to be his   
   >girlfriend.   
      
   When you are a victim, you are, personally.   
   You appear to be a generalist, generally and   
   make your points such as you point to them.   
      
   When one is the block bully then, a tale shifts a bit.   
      
   When one is an uncarved block locked in a single cell   
   one may find solitude in solitary as a being in solitude.   
      
   A myth may suggest caves can be good   
   places to meditate as well as going spelunking.   
      
   >It might also be that RG is right, asylums are not good places to find   
   >sanity.   
      
   Cultures may cope and try to quote,   
   fix things, which to that culture appear broke.   
      
   >It could even be true that it might be even difficult to find a decent   
   >life if you don't have the personal traits (within certain limits)   
   >that other people expect.  Maybe.   
      
   - aye. agree. Thanks!   
      
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