In the epilogue of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Prospero says:
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
Could there be more appropriate lines for any age driven by political contention and biased justice? That, by the way, would be any age, any century, maybe going all the way back to Karahan Tepe and Göbekli Tepe thousands of years before Druids built Stonehenge.
This current kerfuffle over classified documents found first in President Trump’s home and then in multiple places associated with President Biden, including his garage, brings Prospero’s statement to relevance. Those who were in favor of prosecuting Trump now find themselves stammering excuses for Biden’s multiple classified document offenses. Those who see Trump as victim of a DOJ/FBI-driven injustice voice Prospero’s plea. “Look, if you are going to pardon or excuse Biden, you should in the name of blind justice, also pardon or excuse Trump, especially in light of Biden’s having documents that date to his time as senator and VP."
It’s that “what goes around, comes around” malady that humans have probably faced since those ancient cities were built. It’s a tempest in every teapot, maybe as much a tempest as brewed in the Teapot Dome Scandal during the Harding Administration which, by the way, might be an appropriate reference in light of the Biden Administration's selling off some of the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a foreign entity with pervious ties to Hunter Biden and then buying replacement oil at a higher price.
Back and forth, changing governments mean changing rules of accountability. Back and forth, changing governments mean different applications of justice. We might not be able to stop the pendulum swings of justice in government, but we might learn a lesson here about hypocritically condemning others for the same offenses we commit.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
Could there be more appropriate lines for any age driven by political contention and biased justice? That, by the way, would be any age, any century, maybe going all the way back to Karahan Tepe and Göbekli Tepe thousands of years before Druids built Stonehenge.
This current kerfuffle over classified documents found first in President Trump’s home and then in multiple places associated with President Biden, including his garage, brings Prospero’s statement to relevance. Those who were in favor of prosecuting Trump now find themselves stammering excuses for Biden’s multiple classified document offenses. Those who see Trump as victim of a DOJ/FBI-driven injustice voice Prospero’s plea. “Look, if you are going to pardon or excuse Biden, you should in the name of blind justice, also pardon or excuse Trump, especially in light of Biden’s having documents that date to his time as senator and VP."
It’s that “what goes around, comes around” malady that humans have probably faced since those ancient cities were built. It’s a tempest in every teapot, maybe as much a tempest as brewed in the Teapot Dome Scandal during the Harding Administration which, by the way, might be an appropriate reference in light of the Biden Administration's selling off some of the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a foreign entity with pervious ties to Hunter Biden and then buying replacement oil at a higher price.
Back and forth, changing governments mean changing rules of accountability. Back and forth, changing governments mean different applications of justice. We might not be able to stop the pendulum swings of justice in government, but we might learn a lesson here about hypocritically condemning others for the same offenses we commit.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
Let your indulgence set me free.
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