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Let's say I'm having a party, and there's something my wife does that irks me and I need to straighten it out with her. I'm going to take her in private to do that. It's not appropriate to do that in front of everybody--not everybody needs to hear it, and it could damage how she's thought of with others, and I'm not going to do that to her.
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Comparing a party at home to this setting is a stretch I can't make. |
Why is this a stretch? I think it's a perfect analogy. Unless the judge is making an official ruling, he's a private citizen, just like the rest of us. Just because he's wearing robes and sitting up on the bench doesn't make him any more or less right, any more or less authoritative.
He was not making a ruling. HE IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, TOO. I've had police officers give me their personal opinion as a private citizen, and it does not reflect as an "official police action" or "official police position" in the least.