In a general election on Wednesday, voters will be passing a judgment on the past as well as charting a course for the future.

With the Idol itself passing a judgment on their shaman, the Rutari must have thought they were fighting against the gods themselves.

While it was true that the girl carried within her two lives, as innocent as hers, that had been suppressed, that did not justify passing a judgment "as heavy as an executioner's axe".

The high-court provided them relief, passing a judgement that the Marathi signboards did not have to be as big as English signboards.

With regard to passing a judgement on the attitude reflected in the activities of the Inquisition, Pope John Paul II stated: "A distinction should guide the theologians' critical reflection: the distinction between the authentic sensus fidei and the prevailing mentality in a determined period, which might have influenced their opinion.