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Thread #140976 Message #3243443
Posted By: Lox
23-Oct-11 - 07:24 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Moammar Ghadaffi (1942-2011)
Subject: RE: Obit: Moammar Ghadaffi (1942-2011)
Gaddaffi was a monster and I shed no tears for him.
But the point about monsters is that they contrast from the rest of us non-monsters.
If we wish to hold our heads up we should act in a non-monstrous way.
That means we, unlike him, don't do or condone arbitrary executions.
We think due process is how it should be.
So Gaddaffi's dead - boo f****** hoo.
But who's replacing him? more monsters? Or democracy and democratic institutions?
Not an encouraging start to the new regime in my view ... !!