http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/on-defending-the-indefensible/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:19:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/on-defending-the-indefensible/#comment-1391 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:16:55 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/on-defending-the-indefensible/#comment-1391 Very well written article. I'd like to think this collapse of the state's moral authority is a problem of our times. But sadly, history has shown us that's never been true. Public opinion always wakes up too late to transgressions of the state. The media will always side with public opinion. Trial by media means a victory for propaganda and a loss for true justice. Very well written article. I’d like to think this collapse of the state’s moral authority is a problem of our times. But sadly, history has shown us that’s never been true. Public opinion always wakes up too late to transgressions of the state. The media will always side with public opinion. Trial by media means a victory for propaganda and a loss for true justice.

]]> http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/on-defending-the-indefensible/#comment-1390 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:49:27 +0000 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2007/12/04/on-defending-the-indefensible/#comment-1390 I'd like to think this collapse of real moral authority on the part of the state is a problem of our times. But sadly, history has shown that just about anything (including the Holocaust) can be justified in the short term through some combination of excuses like "greater common good", religion and beliefs. People will believe any explanation in the short term, and by the time they wake up, too much damage has been done already. I’d like to think this collapse of real moral authority on the part of the state is a problem of our times. But sadly, history has shown that just about anything (including the Holocaust) can be justified in the short term through some combination of excuses like “greater common good”, religion and beliefs. People will believe any explanation in the short term, and by the time they wake up, too much damage has been done already.

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