My older brother (let's call him Hairy 2L) encouraged me to find my own political/intellectual nemesis at law school with whom to have ranting discussions and facebook-posting wars. Well, I've hit the jackpot! My classmate (let's call him Hannity) made sufficiently outrageous comments about the homeless during criminal law that I felt compelled to send him (and I'm sure he has one of those Support the Troops bumper magnets) this article:http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/19/in_wake_of_afghanistan_and_iraq_a_new_generation_of_homeless_veterans_emerges/?page=1. To which of course, he responded by sending me this: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzA1ZWJlNTFmN2EwZjQ5YzdlNzY0NDM4NmM0ZGI5ZjA=.
It's definitely on.
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
--Anatole France
Interestingly, my Crim law class didn't get heated about homelessness. Or rape. The biggest discussion came when we were talking about drunk driving. (Although in self-defense some guy made a blatently sexist statement about how it is more reasonable for a woman to hide under a bed than for a man to...)
I will see how my Con Law class goes this week. (We are on Roe...) So, I may have some heated debates to tell you about to.
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