Two-Tier Justice System...
I'm in Calgary, AB for a New Year's gig, among other things. But that will not be the subject of this blog.
I was at the courthouse today to pay a speeding ticket. While I was there I met two lovely young ladies who say they are Jazz fans, and one even gave me a potential lead on a gig. And later on, I met another lovely young woman who is kind of involved in the classical side of the music world, and she's Italian to boot. But, that also, is not the subject of this blog.
The courthouse was more crowded than I have ever seen such a place. In fact, I was in for a three hour wait before I was finally done. But, places get busy, and that's just a part of life. And now we come to the meat of what I have to say: A lawyer showed up, about an hour and a half into my wait, also to deal with a ticket, like the rest of us. From his behaviour, and familiarity with the courthouse staff, he clearly is a colleague of the JPs we were all waiting to see. Perhaps he is a JP himself. Now we come to it: I don't know why we make such a fuss about a two-tier health system in this country, because we already have a tow-tier legal system. My proof? I, and many others there waited a good 2 1/2 hours or more for service but this 'gentleman/Lawyer/JP/whatever' had his situation resolved in 20 minutes. Is that fair? Well, it certainly is a good reflection of life which is clearly unfair in many respects. It's no wonder the ruling elite have no concerns about what happens to the rest of us, because they wait in a different line from us. Perhaps one day, those of us in the slow line will wake up. I wonder what will happen then...?
I was at the courthouse today to pay a speeding ticket. While I was there I met two lovely young ladies who say they are Jazz fans, and one even gave me a potential lead on a gig. And later on, I met another lovely young woman who is kind of involved in the classical side of the music world, and she's Italian to boot. But, that also, is not the subject of this blog.
The courthouse was more crowded than I have ever seen such a place. In fact, I was in for a three hour wait before I was finally done. But, places get busy, and that's just a part of life. And now we come to the meat of what I have to say: A lawyer showed up, about an hour and a half into my wait, also to deal with a ticket, like the rest of us. From his behaviour, and familiarity with the courthouse staff, he clearly is a colleague of the JPs we were all waiting to see. Perhaps he is a JP himself. Now we come to it: I don't know why we make such a fuss about a two-tier health system in this country, because we already have a tow-tier legal system. My proof? I, and many others there waited a good 2 1/2 hours or more for service but this 'gentleman/Lawyer/JP/whatever' had his situation resolved in 20 minutes. Is that fair? Well, it certainly is a good reflection of life which is clearly unfair in many respects. It's no wonder the ruling elite have no concerns about what happens to the rest of us, because they wait in a different line from us. Perhaps one day, those of us in the slow line will wake up. I wonder what will happen then...?
posted by Fred at 7:43 PM
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