Law Abiding Citizen

[Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is on trial for killing two men.  Nick Cannon (Jamie Foxx) had represented Clyde in a case about 10 years ago. It is a very connected plot, but that should suffice.]

This is an interesting movie to say the least. It really does talk about justice, and personal responsibility for the choices we make (it is violent and has language issues).  The reason I posted this clip is about how the argument goes in this court of law.  I find it very interesting that citing one case, and using a little bit of logic Clyde was about to be let go.  The judge changes her opinion at the faulty logic that Clyde gives.  

How often do we listen to an argument made by people arguing against the Truth, and we go along with it?  Clyde brings up the point, that apparently he just killed two men, and the judge would be willing to let him go?  That is bizarre.  Think about justice in sense of providing for the common good, and defending what we know to be right.  So often I have heard, whether in debates on TV or YouTube, or high school classrooms, or even parishes that just because somebody gives a seemingly logical argument for something contrary to the truth, we fall back to you have to go on faith.  

Our faith is logical.  It is not something that we take on blind obedience.  We are asked to take faith on evidence.  The beginning of an disagreement needs to make sure that you are on the same footing.  Are you arguing from the same assumptions?  In this case that a murderer is a potential threat to the good of society, and that for safety precautions should be detained until the case could be decided one way or another.  Does your logic come from the reasons and evidences presented in reality or are your own skewed perspective?  We have to be ready to except reality for what it is rather than us forcing our views upon it.