by Thom Hartmann

Common Dreams

08/26/04

Believing that the end justifies the means is the ultimate slippery slope. It will ultimately kill any noble goal, because even if the goal is achieved, it will have been corrupted along the way by the means used to accomplish it. ... Be it 'small sins' like Nader getting into bed with Republicans to get on state ballots, or 'big sins' like George W. Bush repeatedly asserting that he had to invade Iraq because of WMDs and because Saddam 'threw out the weapons inspectors' (something Saddam never did -- inspectors were removed by Clinton in 1998 and by Bush in 2003), trying to accomplish a 'good' by using the means of an 'evil' like a Big Lie inherently corrupts the good...

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0826-02.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp