This from the Guardian sums up the bizarro world we are finding ourselves in:
Oh, this is an exciting new age we live in, don’t you think? All these formerly outlandish topics now up for “debate” – should we bug the offices of potentially dissenting politicians? Is it okay to detain people without charge for 45 days? Maybe 90? Is bombing and occupying a sovereign nation without the approval of the UN or practically every other nation on the planet (and their populations), illegal or immoral? Is torture okay? Can we discuss the option of pre-emptive nuclear strikes on non-nuclear nations?
For years I thought that these were the questions asked by mad bastards, whereas it appears it’s actually part of the mainstream political discourse.
Learn something new every day.
