With this week’s arrest of Gov. Blagojevich, Illinois maintained its lead as one of the most–if not the most–corrupt states in the country.
It seems that lately, politicians have shown how corrupt they really can be. Looking at the immense corruption throughout our governing system, I reflect upon history of Rome class.
When such corruption is left unchecked, a country will fail and fall.
Historical revisionism runs rampant among the upper echelon of scholars and politicians. When a country’s past bears stains of wrongdoing, the right thing is confession. However, a Japanese general seems to think rewriting the past will work. Check out this article.
No longer did Japan attack the United States at Pearl Harbor. No, the United States actually was responsible, coaxing the Japanese into war.
Clearly, blame for World War II cannot fall completely on one nation. The U.S., Japan, England, France, Germany and many other nations all were to blame. Failures at Versailles, failure to heed obvious warnings and naive ideologies were a number of factors sparked by many nations. These individual sparks ignited the world.
So it is not a question of who’s right and who’s wrong. It is a question of who was more right.
The verdict–when guilty, confess and move on!
The other day I found this quote by Hawthorne:
Words—so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them
I believe he hit the nail right on the head. Did you ever think about the effects your writing will have on others? It is a challenge to writers to write for the good of society. I also wonder how many of us will benefit society by our writings.
