User:达伟/pensieri

Quotes

 * 四海之內皆兄弟 ~ 「水滸傳」 (see also Pearl S. Buck)
 * "We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * "Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken." ~ Jane Austen
 * "C'est d'actes et non d'idées que vivent les peuples." ~ Anatole France (It is by acts, and not by ideas that peoples live.)
 * A hungry man is not a free man. ~ Adlai Stevenson
 * "The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." ~ Mark Twain

Torah

 * A just judge is God, a God who punishes day by day. . . . O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge. ~ Psalm 7

Law

 * Random idea of the day. U.S. law school should be a 6 yr program which combines law and business school study--b/c the latter is so important to the former.( i'm assuming corporate types are the default ) or students could get the option to combine law and political science and political history...or maybe mix the two if you're more a litigation type. it's actually a lot like the kids in europe, who do programs in law and in economic studies, etc. 达伟 (talk) 23:43, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * What does the Americans United decision say about original intent? My prediction is that original intent would NOT countenance extension of such rights to corporations... 达伟 (talk) 11:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination doesn't apply to corporate entities. 达伟 (talk) 11:24, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * A shocker: in UK, all life estates, remainders, and future interests of any kind are equitable interests--completely abolished legal interests, all the way back in 1925!
 * The Restatements are really becoming, in many though not all ways, just like the codes of a civilian system (specific subsets of the civil code, commercial code, family code, etc.)
 * But contra: hints of dissent from a professor who implicitly or explicitly asserted that the Restatements are mostly academic....though I think it varies by field
 * "Rules of law must, in the last analysis, serve the ends of justice or they are worthless. . . . ‘[T]he plastic remedies of the chancery are moulded to the needs of justice.’ ~ Cardozo (1929) / Hebrew University Assn. v. Nye (1966) Hebrew University Assn. v. Nye, 223 A.2d 397 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1966) (citing Foreman v. Foreman, 167 N.E. 428 (N.Y. 1929) (Cardozo, J. writing)).
 * Ultimately, whose interests are a corporate entity's interests?
 * Hard to argue that it's anything other than the shareholders'...(see e.g. Garner v. Wolfinbarger)
 * Vis-a-vis other decision of the same court, should stare decisis really exist?
 * E.g. Supreme Court--I think Thomas said that constitutional law cannot and should not be determined by consistency by only by correct reasoning
 * The interest of the state in any "criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done." Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78, 88 (1935).
 * It suddenly struck me that we should abolish the use, in wrongful death cases (etc.), of damages in approximately the amount of the decedent's future earnings. Basically, we're justifying a rule that says the life of a poor person is less than the life of a rich person. Even though it might seem perverse to set a "standard price" for each life, it is more perverse not to do so.
 * Compare to Roper v. Simmons: Gavrilo Princip (perhaps the greatest regicide since Damiens???) "was too young to receive the death penalty, being twenty-seven days short of his twentieth birthday at the time of the assassination. Instead, he received the maximum sentence of twenty years in prison." [WP]
 * Unrelated: an Ala. supreme court justice, recused from the case, published the following op-ed in a newspaper after the review of a a death penalty case on appeal following Roper: "State supreme courts may decline to follow bad U.S. Supreme Court precedents  because those decisions bind only the parties to the particular case." [WP]

Other

 * We are seeing a gradual movement toward the decline of small-population (and small-land area) countries, as capital and persons are increasingly mobile across borders--达伟 (talk) 21:16, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Religion...inspired by the recent discussion of T.Wood's background, it says he was "trained" as a Buddhist. This is unexceptional language. But however conventional it may be, is "trained" actually an accurate term (for any religion, I mean)? 达伟 (talk) 13:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Still, Ratzinger himself seemed to consider the possibility that popes might not serve unlimited terms. With people living longer one also would consider new norms, he said in a 2004 interview [NYT] 达伟 (talk) 23:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * [17/3/2010] Just read the chapter on St. Patrick in Hilaire Belloc's First and Last...which is not solely religious but also speak of Belloc's view of Catholic historiography. In any case, some interesting finds:
 * British moneylending?...and what about the impact of this statement on the US financial crisis?
 * Behind the enemies of Ireland, furnishing them with all their modern strength, was that base and secret master of modern things, the usurer. He it was far more than the gentry of the island who demanded toll, and, through the mortgages on the Irish estates, had determined to drain Ireland as he has drained and rendered desert so much else. Is it not a miracle that he has failed?
 * speaks eloquently of the miracle survival of Catholicism in Eire under the British--I realized the similarities with the situation in Japan (Kakure Kirishitan and Persecution of Christians in Japan)
 * unfortunate he praises nationalism
 * "The narcissism of small differences"...but if they're matters of faith, are they always that small?
 * perhaps some of such comments are due to those who oppose organized religion generally? or perhaps not?
 * Mormons have made Utah the second-healthiest state in the US, including (highly meritorious since it's harder to control than alcohol/tobacco) a very low obesity rate:http://www.cnbc.com/id/35947832?slide=5
 * Balding is certainly one of the tragic facts of man's life (though it comes more forcefully and devastatingly on some than others)
 * aquí puedo usar legitímamente la palabra "hombre"...
 * sin double entendre, se puede decir que es un petit mort...
 * Ironic that the softdrink industry has capitalized on the public's anxiety concerning corn syrup and offered the cane-sugar throwbacks. However, from anectdotal observations, I'm not sure this isn't as much about taste (i.e. non-policy based) as it is policy (e.g. Food Inc.) based 达伟 (talk) 01:02, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * just read about the Malaysian space program (neat--never knew they had one). not surprisingly, all the 4 finalists were Malays. 达伟 (talk) 01:02, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Apagón mundial por la tierra - the rest of the world is really so far ahead of the united states
 * Rerum Novarum: "...a constantly increasing number of persons look up on this statement of Leo XIII as the most fruitful and effective principle of industrial justice that has ever been enunciated." ~ Catholic Encyclopedia
 * I just murdered a spider (actus reus, mens rea). Prompted two thoughts. First, how boring would it be to be an entomologist...to wake up every day and study nothing but bugs for 8-12 hrs per day? Second, thought about the criticism of Obama killing a fly on the air...in my opinion this criticism is a sign of something deeply wrong in our society...however b/c I recognize an exception for religions like Jainism, I will hold off on my rant for fear of a slippery slope 达伟 (talk) 13:47, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Zheng

 * US states are running out of money...just a thought experiment: should this be the time to pull the plug on federalism? think of all the money wasted by having such an extensive but arguably unnecessary level of government...however the saving might not actually be that large; the administrative units would still need to exist, and would need to be governed, just as in France, China, or any unitary state--the budget would come from the fed in such case...达伟 (talk) 00:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Sof

 * [pulchritudinem corporis] . . . bonum Dei quidem donum est; sed propterea id largitur etiam malis, ne magnum bonum uideatur bonis. Liber XV, Cap. XXII, Civitate Dei

News/Factoids

 * On 30 June 1907, aided by strong Catholic support, Geneva adopted a separation of Church and State. 达伟 (talk) 10:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC) (compare to Humanum Genus)
 * YEMEN: Islamic opposition lawmaker decries child marriage ban as part of 'Western agenda' April 18, 2010 [L.A. Times]
 * “It’s all a Western agenda they are following," he said. "They get paid from the West to make us to believe in Western culture. This is very bad because our culture is different here."
 * The United States Constitution is the shortest and oldest written constitution still in use by any nation in the world today
 * Tom Lasley, Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton is a member of the board of trustees of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. Kristoff and WuDunn won the 2009 award.
 * word of the day: 獠 (to hunt at night by torches)
 * One of the findings of sociology of leisure has been that amount of free time is not significantly dependent on one's wealth [WP] 达伟 (talk) 21:31, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Up to 250,000 Chinese were killed by Japanese retaliatory measures in response to the Doolittle Raid. [WP]

Anderes

 * Nicholas Roerich
 * Veche