The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
As a judge, I held people accountable when they did wrong. That's why I cracked down on violent criminals and stopped the big banks when they tried to kick families out of their homes.
My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.
You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do.
But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.
We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal.
The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.
People will judge you according to your own convictions.
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.