And of course, the trolls come from the voodvork out.
Every time I read one of those "well-we-don't-have-both-sides-do-we" apologies for abuse of power, I think back to the knights' address to the audience in Murder in the Cathedral: "You are Englishmen, and therefore you believe in fair play; and when you see one man being set upon by four, your sympathies are all with the underdog... the merits of this extremely complex problem ... very subtle reasoning ... exasperated us beyond human endurance ... verdict of Suicide while of Unsound Mind."
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Date: 2009-12-30 09:56 pm (UTC)Every time I read one of those "well-we-don't-have-both-sides-do-we" apologies for abuse of power, I think back to the knights' address to the audience in Murder in the Cathedral: "You are Englishmen, and therefore you believe in fair play; and when you see one man being set upon by four, your sympathies are all with the underdog... the merits of this extremely complex problem ... very subtle reasoning ... exasperated us beyond human endurance ... verdict of Suicide while of Unsound Mind."