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That's strikes me as being a bit naïve. Speaking truth to power has always been dangerous.
by phillmv 15y ago
That's strikes me as being a bit naïve. Speaking truth to power has always been dangerous.
- redthrowaway 15y agoI didn't read his comment as saying that it's a new phenomenon, rather that today's climate makes it true.
- paganel 15y ago> That's strikes me as being a bit naïve. Speaking truth to power has always been dangerous. Well, there are a few, outstanding exceptions. I'm thinking of French philosophers of the Enlightenment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment), England in most of the 1600s and 1700s (Swift will probably be in jail for at least 30+ years in in this day and age for writing things like "A Modest Proposal") and probably Athens around Pericles' time or the Roman Republic. But, unfortunately, you're of course correct in the great scheme of things.