Corruptions of Empire?
George Will continues his wandering off the reservation, in a column about Abu Ghraib:
That pornography is, almost inevitably, part of what empire looks like. It does not always look like that, and does not only look like that. But empire is always about domination. Domination for self-defense, perhaps. Domination for the good of the dominated, arguably. But domination.
And some people will be corrupted by dominating. That is why the leaders of empires must be watchful. Very watchful.
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"BUT WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN???"
A commission.
"BUT WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN???"
A commission.
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The new "Remember the Alamo"?
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We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.
-- J. Robert Oppenheimer