one important lesson i've learned in law is this: procedure matters. no matter how great your argument or how valid your cause of action is substantially, if the procedure followed is wrong, then the court can dismiss your case. in the same way, there is both procedural and substantive due process, both of which are of equal importance (i am reluctant to discuss the aforementioned further since i don't think i have the authority to do such). the point i'm trying to drive at is that there should be unity of both the substance and the procedure. or in real terms, unity of means and the ends/merits/motivations/howsoever one chooses to phrase it. in one word: integrity. another word: consistency.

ok, so maybe i'm engaging in a bit of conceptual over-stretching (or however you would term it), but you get the picture, right? or maybe i'm just being my usual malabo self again. hahaha. but seriously, i've been trying to reconcile many things lately. i just cannot seem to do so. and truth be told, i'm getting frustrated. it seems that lately, the mind set of some people is along the lines of the Macchiavellian "end justifies the means." as long as the goal is attained at the end, who cares about how you got there?

i do not agree. not one bit.

and i'm bothered. not because i don't agree but because i seem to be the only one who is.

first year law student.kid at heart.idealist.optimist (except about myself).hopeless romantic.daydream believer.dreamer.klutz(hehe).


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