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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

Glenn Greenwald

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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:42 PM

@tommy1733

I am being hypocritical and will try to live up to my own beliefs better in the future.

Dude, trying to hold yourself to Miss Manners standards on an online forum is kind of like a celibate going to a whorehouse for the beer. Sure, you might be able to resist temptation, but for how long?

I'm not a fan of using online anonymity as a shield from behind which you just spew angry rant after angry rant. But sometimes, in my opinion, an idea is just so odious that responding to it politely is tantamount to condoning it.

However, as we used to say back in the antediluvian era, your mileage may vary.

—Paul Daniel Ash Read Paul Daniel Ash's other letters

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