tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post5161599909140244155..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Colin Powell: Defending the Iraq InvasionAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-58308198547631435082007-06-11T20:11:00.000-06:002007-06-11T20:11:00.000-06:00The Bush Administration is not morally blind, or e...The Bush Administration is not morally blind, or even amoral - it is consciously and deliberately immoral. It consists of people who have convinced themselves that they can do no wrong. It is a danger to world peace and security. This is not merely a matter for the American electorate. It concerns the whole world. President Putin spoke much good sense in his recent press conference - barely reported except through Information Clearing House.anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-39651502635300905452007-06-11T17:10:00.000-06:002007-06-11T17:10:00.000-06:00I'm past the point of wanting embarassment ... I w...I'm past the point of wanting embarassment ... I want impeachment. And frauding Congress and the American people with faulty intelligence to sell a war is an impeachable offense.<BR/><BR/>Bush or Cheney are not going to be impeached, so I can only hope that history is merciless on their lawless, corrupt, and immoral administration.<BR/><BR/>Regarding your point about making it socially undesirable to be caught doing something wrong, this was an aspect of human nature that the founders - being students of the Scottish Enlightenment - were well aware of. In addition, they were greatly influenced by one of the first journalistic efforts in world history <I>Cato's Letters</I><BR/><BR/>From Cato's Letters #33<BR/><A HREF="http://classicliberal.tripod.com/cato/letter033.html" REL="nofollow">Cautions Against the Natural Encroachment of Power</A><BR/><BR/><B>Power, without control, appertains to God alone; and no man ought to be trusted with what no man is equal to. In truth there are so many passions, and inconsistencies, and so much selfishness, belonging to human nature, that we can scarce be too much upon our guard against each other. The only security which we can have that men will be honest, is to make it their interest to be honest; and the best defence which we can have against their being knaves, is to make it terrible to them to be knaves. As there are many men wicked in some stations, who would be innocent in others; the best way is to make wickedness unsafe in any station.</B>Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.com