Torture? Ok. Gay sex talk? OMG! That’s beyond the pale!
I don’t know what the average American or a majority of Americans think of the whole Foley scandal and its subsequent coverup, but I’m hearing increasing outrage from bloggers, pundits, the media, and even (gasp!) Democrats. That’s all greatÃ¢â‚¬â€ťthe behavior and the coverup are outrageous. Yet, at the same time, I’m thinking: What else would we expect from a bunch of people who think nothing of giving the president nearly unlimited discretion to detain and torture anyone he wants? (The bill is here, although I don’t know if that was the language that was finally adopted or not.) Last week this governmental body legalized torture and effectively suspended one of the most basic human rights known to modern man, and I had a pretty hard time finding anyone outside a few law scholars who could muster up much outrage about it. Now we learn Foley has acted like a dirty pervert and his colleagues worked hard to cover it up and we’re surprised and outraged and calling for heads to roll?
$%!&@#!!!!!!!!
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October 5th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Yes, this. I’m so… amazed? flabbergasted? pissed off? that the only thing there are political consequences for is this. Why are there never any for the actual laws that get passed? (Why? Because they aren’t about sex, and obviously that is the only thing that’s ever important.)