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Message From Michael - August 1, 2008 |
Dear Cow Share Owners and Friends:
No jail unless due process is followed . . .
The return to the farm after yesterday’s court hearing was rewarding and refreshing. Our coming together in the courthouse, displaying as we did such a will of determination, was beautiful. It was not a matter of a victory or being right and the other side wrong; it was simply a matter of due process. I deeply respected the judge’s determination to ensure that a ruling he has to render is based upon the parameters of fundamental justice. Together, we left the court room in a way that allows us to move forward with dignity. I do not perceive the courts as a battle field on which to beat the other side; personally, I see it as a meeting place of minds and intentions where you have to have the will to communicate your side honestly so that, in the name of the law, a judge can render a decision. No question that a court house full of people is a good reminder to those who are in the position to seek justice in the name of the public.
I would like to thank Justice Michael Brown for his considerations before issuing the ruling. We will be in court September 10, 11 and 12 in Newmarket on the specific issue of contempt of court.
I thank you all for coming and, fearlessly, showing your healthy children. We have been on this road now for over 20 months and I deeply respect the ever-growing understanding that we need to go all the way.
We are thankful for having young people like Lyndon, Sylvia and Juliana who, out of the goodness of their hearts, use their summer holidays to help us here on the farm. Thanks also to everyone, who keeps the Blue Bus rolling, so that . . .
The MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS can keep flowing and flowing and flowing . . .
Regards, Michael
For further information, you can google “Michael Schmidt Contempt of Court”.
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