Yes. I see what you are saying. but I still disagree. But maybe I am not disagreeing and maybe we are actually thinking of two things.
"The government is, however, completely at fault for placing easily-abused tools into the hands of the bigoted, in the absence of functional checks, balances, controls, and functional consequences for abuse of those tools."
The government is not at fault. The person hiring this person, should review their hiring process. and the person who did the wrong, is at fault.
IE: I get my driver's license. I hit someone and kill them. Is the government at fault? It gave me the power/privilege.
though in areas of higher responsibility there is a need for more strict enforcement of responsibility.
IE: Staff sgt orders 3 soldiers of that hill. They die. the hill was filled with land mines and the staff sgt knew it. (totally hypothetical, since it really makes no since.) The Staff sgt is held responsible, to a greater degree, over his soldiers.
So still, no. I have to say the government is not responsible. The person running that area of that department inside that government is though. Because if we were to send the blame all the way up the system would fail. And we need the system, as it lets society function.
But I still hear what you are saying, just think we are agreeing, but misunderstanding what each other is commenting on. :)
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Date: 2007-06-12 05:03 pm (UTC)"The government is, however, completely at fault for placing easily-abused tools into the hands of the bigoted, in the absence of functional checks, balances, controls, and functional consequences for abuse of those tools."
The government is not at fault. The person hiring this person, should review their hiring process. and the person who did the wrong, is at fault.
IE:
I get my driver's license. I hit someone and kill them. Is the government at fault? It gave me the power/privilege.
though in areas of higher responsibility there is a need for more strict enforcement of responsibility.
IE:
Staff sgt orders 3 soldiers of that hill. They die. the hill was filled with land mines and the staff sgt knew it. (totally hypothetical, since it really makes no since.) The Staff sgt is held responsible, to a greater degree, over his soldiers.
So still, no. I have to say the government is not responsible. The person running that area of that department inside that government is though. Because if we were to send the blame all the way up the system would fail. And we need the system, as it lets society function.
But I still hear what you are saying, just think we are agreeing, but misunderstanding what each other is commenting on.
:)