Can someone please explain to me why all the swamp creatures “lack candor”but never seem to lie. Unless your name is Gen. Flynn.......
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"Lack of candor under oath on numerous occasions," is really multiple counts of felony perjury, each of which being punishable by up to five years in prison upon conviction.
Two standards of justice is no standard of justice.
Two standards of justice is no standard of justice.
This is a very insightful statement. And is the kind of precursor to very bad things happening in any nation where it occurs.
Once the people perceive that there is no justice, then there is no point in obeying the rule of law. And once that line is crossed by enough folks, then the outcome is... whoever re-establishes law and order, will be in control. Those who win will be beloved... those who lose will be purged or dead or imprisoned or cowed.
Back in the late 1770's... lots of folks here in what is now the USA... decided to go back to England or Canada... because they were appalled by the unwashed and ignorant savage Colonial 'common people' who had the gall to rise up and form a government. The Founding Fathers were common-born, they spoke in the language of farmers and brewers and printers. These leaders were unhinged. They were crass. They did nasty things like print pamphlets that called out the King and the establishment Royalists.
And for those who didn't leave.. many tens of thousands more were forcibly-removed to Acadia, Eastern Quebec or French Louisiana. They got to keep what they could carry.
But wait, there's more! After the Civil War, thousands of displaced and un-repentant Southern Gentility who could not think of living life under that Ape Lincoln... (and his successor Johnson)... left for every place from Mexico to Brazil to the un-governed West... with only what they could carry. More were removed during harsh Reconstruction occupation... as Johnson was a Radical Republican bent on punishing the South... while Lincoln was about re-assimilating.
So the end result of injustice and no justice... is often summary justice at the hands of the victors.
I give you a quote from Mark Twain... "History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Sirhr
Sirhr, Very well said. When "protect the organization at all cost" becomes the objective, the cost can be much higher than the "smart people" could ever imagine. The "smart people" aren't nearly as smart as they think and the dumb masses aren't nearly as dumb as they think. I saw it when in the Air Force and at the last company I worked. Sure, you may be able to force nominal compliance, but the cost in doing so is very high. Poor productivity and subtle rebellions make the folks unmanageable.
The scary reality here; when enough people have disdain or disregard for the law because it is not applied judiciously, then our Republican form of government will cease to exist. Whether by design, hubris, or both, I believe we are speeding full-throttle toward that end. If things don't change, and soon, and people in positions of power are not held accountable for misdeeds, we will become some third world shit hole, one way or another. Don't think it can't happen here. It will if the current course is not corrected.
The scary reality here; when enough people have disdain or disregard for the law because it is not applied judiciously, then our Republican form of government will cease to exist. Whether by design, hubris, or both, I believe we are speeding full-throttle toward that end. If things don't change, and soon, and people in positions of power are not held accountable for misdeeds, we will become some third world shit hole, one way or another. Don't think it can't happen here. It will if the current course is not corrected.
My own half baked thought on the matter is that the Justice system is set up as a gate keeper to separate the haves from the have nots.
If one can afford it, they can hire better and more connected counsel. If they loose, they can afford to appeal. Wash, rinse, repeat. In short Justice is predicated on one's means and connections. That one is able to exhaust such time and resources, and verify to all what connections they really have in this world - is what gets someone "the justice they deserve".
"Lack of candor" is a deferential term reserved for a certain class of persons, or to a group wherein such behavior is the norm; it is not meant to offend and inherently provides leeway.
You and I would have the term "Fraud" or "Lie" used instead.
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