12-13-2018, 10:07 PM
(12-13-2018, 09:58 PM)bfine32 Wrote: If believing in the presumption of innocence is "picking a side" then I am proud to have "picked a side". I made no assumption other that that.
Exactly. That is where we differ. I don't pick sides without hearing some evidence. That is why I can look myself in the mirror.
If my decision carried the weight of taking away a persons rights to freedom then I might impose a presumption of innocence without any evidence, but since I am not in that position I feel it is ridiculous to pick a side without hearing any evidence first. That is pretty much the opposite of "fairness".