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A French philosopher (Montesquieux I think) once said: Give any man a little power, and he will surely find a way to abuse it.
I totally believe this, from the mods to world leaders including community wardens and cops, give someone a little title, and off he goes.......
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The outstanding thing I notice with people in power in this country is they seem to be unaccountable for their actions to a large degree.---- , Charlie Haughey was the King of the "Untouchables", the rest followed.
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but what about the on-going investigation into anglo-irishOriginally Posted by GordonGayBennett
u know the one thats taken forever and will eventually collaspe on a technality
u know the one which gives politicans an excuse to dodge questions
Q(jounro) What about X in anglo -irish
A(politican) well there is an on-going investigation so we cannot talk about it.
FFS
Power corrupts.. absolute power corrupts absolutely..twas Stalin that said one death is a tragedy 10 million is a statistic..it is the quality of detacthment for those who get power that corrupts them...they are removed purposefully from every day reality.... yes even the hall monitor..there are benifits for those in power..so no surprise they become corrupt...
Poggo....
Some PPL mistake an attempt at reconciliation, as a personal attack or insult......
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This is the problem which the characters in Plato's Classic work, 'Republic' try to solve. They work out a proposed 'perfect society', and set up a structured model for it, with different stations/classes at each level, and each would be dedicated to their prescribed role within it.
At the top, they proposed to have the 'Philosopher-Kings', a group of the wisest and most educated & enlightened people in their society to be it's benevolent rulers, as they would rule with the interests of the people and the society at heart, NOT their own interests. Of course, the argument falls apart in the end, and the characters agree that such a society couldn't exist anyway...
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