07-01-2009, 05:00 AM
David Guyatt Wrote:I understand the passion expressed.
But none of the conspirators will ever be brought to justice.
David,
Your post demands a lengthier response than that which I can muster this evening (two bottles of 1985 Chateau Margaux, courtesy of well-heeled friends, come with rules of engagement).
I would simply note that, for moral relativists, "justice," like "war crimes," is defined by the victors.
This of course is the materialists' argument, one based upon a core denial of the very existence of the "ethical spirit" of which Schweitzer spoke and wrote.
The justice you reference is universal and constant. And while I regularly approach despair to the extent that I voice my agreement with your conclusion, I could not go on if I did not accept that the arc of the universe bends toward the J-word.
Our enemies are not individuals, but families and broader institutions. And so we are left with a punishing contradiction:
The majority of JFK hit sponsors are dead.
The majority of JFK hit sponsors are not beyond the reach of justice.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene