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The Giuliani code
According to Newsweek, the ex-mayor's situational ethics derive from his working-class Italian Catholic background. Where's Bill Donohue when you need him?
Joan Walsh [2007-11-26]

  • Guiliani Bullyani

    One can choose to justify Giuliani’s moral failings using any number of myths, but the reality is that his "situational ethics" are more parsimoniously attributed to the fact that he's a scumbag. His long record of bullying is legend in New York. Anyone who wants to can look up the various stories in the New York Times or Newsday archives.

    One case in point: (summarized neatly here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dorismond)

    In 2000 Patrick Dorismond, who police claim was selling marijuana on a street corner in New York City, was shot dead by a police officer. Then, in a preemptive strike against negative pubic reaction to a(nother) questionable shooting by NYC police, Bullyani releases sealed records of PD's juvenile deliquency.

    Very nice.

    P.S. New York City was sued by Dorismond's family and had to pay millions of dollars in damages.

    -- Long Island bluesman
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    Monday, November 26, 2007 06:55 PM
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