{"id":493,"date":"2007-01-29T01:13:06","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/01\/29\/judge-needs-glasses\/"},"modified":"2011-08-11T02:07:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T06:07:04","slug":"judge-needs-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/01\/29\/judge-needs-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge needs glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Here&#8217;s some interesting judgments for you:<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>1. In October, a judge of Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Greencock Sheriff Court dismissed the traffic charges against Hui Yu, a college student from Beijing, because he disregarded two police officers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 identification of Hui. As he made his decision the judge said = \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 All Chinese people can look the same to a native Scot. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only when you have time to look that you begin to see the differences.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Maybe they look the same to him, but he&#8217;s basically calling the police officers stupid and possibly stereotyping Chinese people by saying they all look a like.  Time for this judge to open his own eyes.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>2. Guy Fournier, The chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., resigned in September after giving an interview to a French magazine in which he expounded on, as The Associated Press put it, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the joys of bowel movements.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some interesting judgments for you: 1. 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