They Say Tomato…
"Compare and contrast the following
statements". Martyn Best
recalls what they used to ask at school:
"The rules are meant to be bent sometimes"
"We reject as false the choice between our safety and our
ideals"
Both have been recently voiced by politicians, and both provide
totally and sadly contrasting views of how the eminent guardians of
our future conduct themselves.
In voicing the first quote, our dear gracious Lord Taylor, and
perhaps his fellow Lords Snape, Truscott and Moonie , allegedly
have a different view of how they should conduct themselves on our
behalf.
Our favourite man of the moment seems to make no excuse for having
standards as standard. This should not be a hard policy, and
Barack Obama does not give
out any excuses for having honesty and integrity as his only
option. The consequences of such standards may give difficult
choices - yes, by all means close Guantanamo and stop torturing
your enemies, but then how is true justice achieved? Well, maybe by
having strong clear laws which are designed to do the right thing,
and protect the innocent and law abiding - oh, and that means all
of them, not just those who can allegedly write out handsome
personal lobbying cheques.
Others seem to have integrity as perhaps Option 1, and then
let's see what other options there may be, I hear whispered in
the hallowed chambers.
The change in leadership in the USA is showing almost daily
examples of how politicians should conduct themselves, and is
putting to shame the old joke of how one is able to tell if a
politician is lying - "their lips move".
If America sneezes and we catch a cold, then a dose of integrity,
honesty and decency will be more than welcome, if not well overdue.
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