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Originally Posted by filtherton
Wait, so everybody here who agrees with the judge thinks the members of the jury incapable of putting her testimony into context?
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I agree with you that it's asinine to assume people are too dumb and emotionally fragile, taken from a slice of the general population, to withstand emotional pandering.
But then, my experience on this planet tells me otherwise- on the whole, people are
easily lead by emotional pandering, given the right subject. Take any conversation about kitties, puppies, kids, rape, domestic abuse, etc., and oppose the opinion of the emotional pandering, and see how far it gets you. Rational thinking goes out the window when you press the right buttons.