The American judicial system is a horrible, greedy corporation.

Proud to be debating you, anon. I didn't notice until right after I accepted, but you mislabeled yourself as being against the title. However, even though I am labeled "in favor" of your title statement, I will obviously be arguing against it, since you gave an "in favor" argument. Watch that next time you start a debate. Anyway, I suppose I'll do this in the old response format. -You said: /* First of all, let me say that I am proud to be an American, and am thankful to have been born here. Sadly, our great nation has quickly lost all sense of what it once was- a land of freedom, opportunity, and equality. */ I would disagree with the latter part of your statement: We're as free as ever, there's just as much opportunity, and we're more equal than we ever have been in the past. -You said: /* America: Where statistics prove that the judicial system is racially and sexually biased. */ This is inherently false, since statistics can only show association, not causation. What this means is that no matter how much higher a percentage of blacks are convicted of crimes, it does not imply any link to bias or racism. Perhaps the reason that more blacks are in jail is because, on average, blacks commit more crime per capita? This can easily be explained by the fact that a higher percentage of blacks than whites live in poverty, ergo they have a higher likelihood of disobeying the law for their own unsatisfied needs. If you think these statistics really DO imply that the system is biased, please link me to said statistics in your next post. -You said: /* America: Where we lie, and try to scare the crap out of our kids about issues such as sex and drugs, rather than telling them the truth and teaching them how to be responsible. */ That has nothing to do with the judicial system or the worth thereof. -You said: /* America: Where the schools can teach politically correct lies, while denying their students constitutional rights to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. */ Schools cannot deprive students constitutional rights, nor do they, as far as I know, knowingly teach politically incorrect lies. I could just as easily have said that this too had nothing to do with the judicial system, but I'm curious as to where you're drawing these conclusions from. -You said: /* America: Where the government profits billions of dollars a year from the sales of alcohol, tobacco, and opiates, but they incarcerate (or otherwise intrude upon a persons civil liberties) 1 out of 5 of our nations youth for possession of drugs or alcohol. */ See the very second "America:" point you made for a possible reason for this. It is illegal for persons under 21 years of age to consume alcohol without some special reason. If our nation's youth doesn't want to get incarcerated, they need to do what the judicial system wants and stop buying and consuming alcohol and drugs. Oddly, this would show the judicial system to be anything but greedy: giving minors reason NOT to buy alcohol, which would lessen the government's profit from taxes. -You said: /* America: Where we have campaigns against drunk driving, and bars in every restaurant. Where we often set unreasonably low speed limits, (although we build cars that will go 150-200mph,) and outrageously high fines (Virginia is only the beginning) but that police officer passing by you on the highway is, by definition of the law, "reckless driving", and for no good reason. */ a> See your 2nd "America:" point again. It's not the judicial system's fault that people aren't responsible. b> Also, if you think the speed limits are too low, perhaps you haven't taken the time to view the other drivers on the road. Perhaps you and I don't need to drive at such modest speeds, but some drivers have a hard time handling even these low speeds. Or maybe people just know how to drive better where you're from. -You said: /* The list goes on and on, but it all boils down to this: everything about our legal system in America is centered around money. A bunch of self righteous hypocrites with their robes and their badges and guns- these people should not be running things. The fact is, this place is better than alot of other countries, but not much better. Slavery and oppression have simply gone underground, as government sanctioned "penalties" for messing with their profit margin. */ Not true. Our judicial system is centered around protecting members of society. You say the people running things should not be running things... who should? You've given no valid reason why the judicial system is greedy. You've made 2 points that still stand as to why you think the judicial system is horrible: 1> The speed limits are low, and there's no one stopping cops from speeding. 2> Too many people are being penalized for drug/alcohol use. However, I don't think this is nearly enough to say that it's horrible. At most it means that it could be improved, in your opinion. However, these cons do not outweight the pros: the judicial system prevents crime the judicial system promotes responsible behavior the judicial system prevents major acts of racism or sexism the judicial system protects your civil liberties