The hubris, if I may use an overused term, is just staggering. Just like Hart's "follow me around, I'm clean as a whistle" dare. Who thinks, "I'm cheating on my terminally ill spouse while seeking the most high-profile job in the world. You know what? I need to document this"? Someone who does not even imagine that there can be negative consequences, that's who.
it is, and it is daunting to think that after -- i don't know, 300,000 years of civic life? -- this crops up in every generation. like, isn't this what the iliad and the odyssey are about? if i knew anything about eastern lit i suspect the theme is the same.
edit: oops!!! wrong icon, so very sorry. it is the mark of my evil twin. pay no attention.
Re: It's always the pretty ones
Date: 2010-01-29 06:09 pm (UTC)Re: It's always the pretty ones
Date: 2010-01-29 08:39 pm (UTC)Re: It's always the pretty ones
Date: 2010-01-29 11:13 pm (UTC)edit: oops!!! wrong icon, so very sorry. it is the mark of my evil twin. pay no attention.