This in the United States of America
I don’t watch Boston Legal, but maybe I should.
Here’s a video clip (Windows Media) from the March 14 episode, titled “Stick It“. A transcript is also available. The clip is of the episode’s closing arguments: the defense attorney is making the case for democracy. Sounds a bit odd for a courtroom drama, I know, but it’s very well done.
The clip is just over six minutes in length. Go watch it. It’ll give you things to think about.
March 31st, 2006 at 11:36 am
From the comments:James Spader, as a lawyer defending an antiwar tax-rebel, gave an irrefutable six-minute-long courtroom indictment…
Um, I think he meant unrefuted.
As in, the script for the prosection and the script for the defense were both written by the same person.
Trotting these twisted arguments out in a courtroom and showing the prosection with nothing more to say than "Objection!" is a brilliant tactical move.
That makes it look unrefutable, and leaves the audience with that impression. I have to give them credit. It is brilliant.
April 14th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Just one question — was this person (on the show) also not paying her taxes because she was protesting that a previous president had sex in the Oval Office, teaching our kids that oral sex is not sex, and it’s okay to steal property from the White House that belongs to the people, and, of course, other issues, too many to list, OR was her protest directed only toward the current administration? Interesting, don’t you think?
April 17th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Yeah, that is interesting. People tend to act out on issues that they personally care about, so it’s not a bit surprising that one individual would protest one but not the other. But yes, you have a good point; both Presidents knowingly lied in front of the world, which is unconscionable, and worthy of protest.
Still, consider this: both Presidents told lies that damaged their own credibility and that of the Presidency, wasted government time, and cost immeasurable taxpayer dollars. But only one of them also cost thousands of lives. Interesting, don’t you think?