Innocent until proven guilty, and why

[unixronin]

Herewith a damned fine rant from theferrett about why we don't, and shouldn't, just "kill'em all and let God sort'em out."

(With thanks to bbwoof)

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Sousa.... on the bagpipe? By a bunch of Brits?

Makes my head hurt. :)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It's not a bunch of Brits, it's a bunch of Marines and Highlanders. :)

[caged-admin.livejournal.com]

Correct on all points. Responsibility is a bear, and Americans tend to be some of the most responsible people in the world. A lot of bloggers I read keep asking questions like, "If Enron was so horrible, what about Parmalat or Oil For Palaces? Why doesn't this get any attention?" It's because corruption and graft and incompetence and imbecility are the norm for organizations like France or the UN or lots of European businesses.

America is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It's that place where you go to escape the rest of the world, or so the theory goes. When it turns out that America isn't quite as perfect as popular myth has it, it's big, important news. What sells itself better, a story that the devil's a rotten sonofab!tch, or St. Peter caught taking money under the table for bumping people to top spot in line at the gates?