Irrelevant as it's within the illegal circuit.
Oh boy, here we go. The multi quote battle.
It is relevant. As I said, regardless of the context, what you do is who you are.
No, it does not. This completely depends on how you view your job.
If you start your own business, obviously it will much more reflect your person than when you're working any generic dayjob.
Of course, one 'chooses' the direction they pursue, but this doesn't mean they necessarily associate themselves with their job to the extend you claim.
Again, I disagree. It's not your job per se, it's how you do your job that defines your character. There is nothing inherently immoral or unethical to being a DA or any other job. It's how you do it. You can be a Pastor but that in and of itself doesn't guarantee moral or ethical behavior. It's how you do your job as a pastor.
He is absolutely in his right to consider it a 'win' when others dropped the ball. It means the job was done as best he could, and the opposition did not. Again, this does not mean Harley can't have further reservations about a case or an individual. But in the long run such incidents will prevent cases such as this one;
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/letter-from-witness-casts-further-doubt-on-2004-texas-execution/2015/03/09/d9ebdab8-c451-11e4-ad5c-3b8ce89f1b89_story.html
Winning a case is of course a win. Getting a guilty person off is also a win for the DA. But letting a guilty person go free is simply morally wrong and an injustice to the victims and society. Just like getting a person wrongly convicted is also wrong for the victim and society.
Checks-and-balances.
If you cannot seperate personal morality and ethics from work ethics, then you will simply not be able to perform at certain jobs.
Hence why people get so mixed up about it.
Not true. You are implying that there are some legal jobs that are inherently immoral. Do you really believe that?
And as far as separating morality from work, that is the crux of the matter. That's the difference between you and me. I don't leave my morality and humanity at home after I punch a clock. I am responsible for everything I do regardless of the context.
We are two very, very different people and view life from a very, very different perspective.
If my job was to pull the switch on the electric chair or give the lethal injection I am still killing another man regardless of the fact that it's my job and I am just representing the State. If I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that the person was innocent I would not do it. I would not kill an innocent man under any circumstances.
Just because someone gives me a paycheck doesn't mean I will do anything they want me to do. Some people answer to a higher authority be it God or a personal value system and sense of integrity and honor rather than how big the numbers are on a piece of paper.
Like I said, we are two very, very, very different people with a very, very, very different life perspective and world view.
