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In 2008, India's Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned after he was attacked for changing his dress thrice in a day during the Mumbai attacks. #AccountabilityMatters (1/6)
In 2013, Railway Minister Pavan Kumar Bansal resigned after allegations against his nephew for attempting to fix promotions in the railway board. CBI found nothing against him, yet he sacrificed his position. #LeadershipEthics (2/6)
In 1956, then Railway Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri resigned following the Ariyalur train accident in Tamil Nadu. He accepted moral responsibility for the loss of approximately 142 lives. #LeadershipByExample (3/6)
Within a space of five days in May 2020 there were two parties in 10 Downing Street, in breach of the lockdown relations. All apparently with zero consequences for the organisers and attendees. >>
Here in Ireland we had a somewhat similar episode in August 2020, known as "GolfGate": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oireachta…
Briefly, an informal society of parliamentarians, ex-parliamentarians, judges, and more of the great-and-good held a party which broke the Covid restrictions. >>
Briefly, an informal society of parliamentarians, ex-parliamentarians, judges, and more of the great-and-good held a party which broke the Covid restrictions. >>
Kyle Rittenhouse was unquestionably defamed, and by every indication (then and now) should never have been charged. With God's help he'll be acquitted, or the charges against him dismissed, soon.
But don't get your hopes up on his recovering affirmative relief from anyone.
But don't get your hopes up on his recovering affirmative relief from anyone.
The media are virtually bullet proof here. As much as they refused to look at any information or point of view that departed from a narrative they desperately wanted to be true, they can buck what they did to reliance on the prosecution.
As far as the prosecution itself, forget it. There is #noaccountability under the law for virtually anything a prosecutor does to anyone, unfortunately. There are exceptional cases, and Kyle's should be one of them, but likely won't be. (It's called immunity)
It's been a tough age for truth.
Lying had always been a big feature of civilized life. It has many obvious utilitarian advantages in a #noaccountability regime.
That's why traditional societies staked (and stake) so much on relationships rooted in blood, place or both. >
Lying had always been a big feature of civilized life. It has many obvious utilitarian advantages in a #noaccountability regime.
That's why traditional societies staked (and stake) so much on relationships rooted in blood, place or both. >
In the modern world, especially in the West, neither of these binds people the way they one did.
Now we place our trust in collective institutions, which are presumed to be accountable to a constituency;
in various forms of purported transparency;
and in technology. >
Now we place our trust in collective institutions, which are presumed to be accountable to a constituency;
in various forms of purported transparency;
and in technology. >
These worked fairly well in tandem with the vestigial bonds of kin and place, especially because these were what made shame work.
Whether or not you bought into the local or family dominant ethic or theology, your reputation and standing kept you tolerably honest. >
Whether or not you bought into the local or family dominant ethic or theology, your reputation and standing kept you tolerably honest. >
Until a judge holds local prosecutors responsible for *systematic* selective enforcement of the laws (and it's upheld on appeal) the death spiral of blue counties will accelerate. >
Prosecutors, DA's and even attorneys general cannot be permitted to arrogate to themselves the legislatuve power of deciding what shall and shall not be illegal - much less to discriminate invidiously among law breakers. >
This is a probably a bigger problem than the very serious one of #noaccountability, i.e., absolute or even qualified immunity for prosecutors. >
I had lunch with a very wise friend yesterday. He had a number of observations about the current crisis.
The first is that, if indeed it's Biden, liberals are going to be horrified by what he delivers.
Nothing "liberal" or "progressive" will happen. >
The first is that, if indeed it's Biden, liberals are going to be horrified by what he delivers.
Nothing "liberal" or "progressive" will happen. >
The middle and working classes are being destroyed and that will continue to its conclusion.
The Swamp creatures in the wings will also crush anyone associated with Trump or populism, including platforms, professionals and vendors. >
The Swamp creatures in the wings will also crush anyone associated with Trump or populism, including platforms, professionals and vendors. >
The uber rich will get richer as Wall Street continues acting as the CCP's finance and propaganda arm as well as the mechanism for transferring vast amounts of taxpayer money to
Wall Street and the CCP. >
Wall Street and the CCP. >
