12-03-2016, 05:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2016, 02:52 PM by P7_TOM.
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The weight of a mans heart.
“It is, with a heavy heart” etc. Every time I see a Fyce pronouncement or ruling, I wonder. On the scales there are many, many sound rulings, some wit and solid good sense; these are, IMO, an attempt to balance the black infamy of one very heavy load on his conscience. I speak of course about his abnormal behaviour during the Avtex hearing in the AAAT. There can be little doubt that his heart is heavy with guilt; the numbers prove it, one abomination insulting justice weighed against many righteous pronouncements. No matter how many ‘good’ rulings he piles up on the ‘light side’ the Airtex ruling will haunt him for all time.
Heavy heart, with a. In a sad or miserable state, unhappily, as in He left her with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever recover. The adjective heavy has been used in the sense of “weighed down wit grief or sadness” since about 1300. Its antonym light dates from the same period
The ancient Egyptians understood this concept very well:-
The ancient Egyptians believed that, when they died, they would be judged on their behaviour during their lifetime before they could be granted a place in the Afterlife. This judgement ceremony was called "Weighing of the Heart" and was recorded in Chapter 125 of the funerar text known as the "Book of the Dead".
The ceremony was believed to have taken place before Osiris, the chief god of the dead and Afterlife, and a tribunal of 43 dieties. Standing before the tribunal the deceased was asked to name each of the divine judges and swear that he or she had not committed any offences, ranging from raising the voice to stealing. This was the "negative confession". If found innocent, the deceased was declared "true of voice" and allowed to proceed into the Afterlife.
Some would deem this ‘fanciful’ and indeed it was – but compare it to the ‘modern day’ tenets of psychiatry, which also attempt to 'lighten the heart' before death; much as the Egyptians did. I digress.
Point; it is ‘heartening’ to see not only a court see through the CASA outlandish manipulations and almost manic need to ‘convict’, but the AAAT ruled out the second bite of the cherry. What with double jeopardy and strict liability combined with the often constructed CASA version of the ‘facts and circumstances’ must make it difficult to dismiss a case. But; well done Fyce and if the latest ruling lightens your heart a little, then I am glad for you. No matter my opinion; it is your face you must shave every morning.
Selah.
“It is, with a heavy heart” etc. Every time I see a Fyce pronouncement or ruling, I wonder. On the scales there are many, many sound rulings, some wit and solid good sense; these are, IMO, an attempt to balance the black infamy of one very heavy load on his conscience. I speak of course about his abnormal behaviour during the Avtex hearing in the AAAT. There can be little doubt that his heart is heavy with guilt; the numbers prove it, one abomination insulting justice weighed against many righteous pronouncements. No matter how many ‘good’ rulings he piles up on the ‘light side’ the Airtex ruling will haunt him for all time.
Heavy heart, with a. In a sad or miserable state, unhappily, as in He left her with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever recover. The adjective heavy has been used in the sense of “weighed down wit grief or sadness” since about 1300. Its antonym light dates from the same period
The ancient Egyptians understood this concept very well:-
The ancient Egyptians believed that, when they died, they would be judged on their behaviour during their lifetime before they could be granted a place in the Afterlife. This judgement ceremony was called "Weighing of the Heart" and was recorded in Chapter 125 of the funerar text known as the "Book of the Dead".
The ceremony was believed to have taken place before Osiris, the chief god of the dead and Afterlife, and a tribunal of 43 dieties. Standing before the tribunal the deceased was asked to name each of the divine judges and swear that he or she had not committed any offences, ranging from raising the voice to stealing. This was the "negative confession". If found innocent, the deceased was declared "true of voice" and allowed to proceed into the Afterlife.
Some would deem this ‘fanciful’ and indeed it was – but compare it to the ‘modern day’ tenets of psychiatry, which also attempt to 'lighten the heart' before death; much as the Egyptians did. I digress.
Point; it is ‘heartening’ to see not only a court see through the CASA outlandish manipulations and almost manic need to ‘convict’, but the AAAT ruled out the second bite of the cherry. What with double jeopardy and strict liability combined with the often constructed CASA version of the ‘facts and circumstances’ must make it difficult to dismiss a case. But; well done Fyce and if the latest ruling lightens your heart a little, then I am glad for you. No matter my opinion; it is your face you must shave every morning.
Selah.