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Re: Sen. Hirono asks Judge Amy Coney Barrett if she's ever sexually assaulted anyone |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Oct 17 07:15:55 2020, in response to Re: Sen. Hirono asks Judge Amy Coney Barrett if she's ever sexually assaulted anyone, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Oct 16 23:27:29 2020. Portia's plea before the Judge is timeless, but also links the Shylock with his religion, which has carried forward in modern times as a slur:"The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea; Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there." |
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