Resignation  Robin Cook's 11-minute resignation speech in the British Parliament says it all - highly recommended. [www.gulker.com]
I wish the US had the same tradition of resignation as other nations. When its acceptable for someone to give up their job in the name of principles or shame it makes the institution stronger. Without such traditions we all put on a facade of solidarity, forget how we got here (misbegotten chads) and feed a tyranny of majority. Its expected that Tony Blair will loose several others in the coming days.
John Brady Kiesling's resignation from the state department was more than admirable for a person of conscious. He acted against the grain of tradition. A protest unaccepted by his institutions, a voice needed and one that will cost him personally. We yield to the Hobbsian Leviathan so quickly.
"Let them hate so long as they fear."
Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC), believed to be a favorite saying of the notorious Emperor Caligula.
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