The U.S. Military Is Reporting Alternative Facts

[gabester]

cbelt3 wrote:
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - Heinlein's Razor

Unfortunately those with malice have learned to count on attribution to the latter to further their maliciousness without culpability.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's a fundamental flaw with our system of justice that it requires the recognizance of the wrongdoer to at least acknowledge the rule of law and the existence of the wrong. Effectively, we're allowing malicious types to get by with claims that effectively equate to "temporary insanity" when it comes to more complicated civil matters.

For evidence, I cite: Enron, WorldCom, 2008 meltdown. Effectively, these CEOs and their underlings say, "Golly, we didn't know this would happen. We didn't think it was wrong. We didn't break any laws!"

Thus all we have to show for it is multibillion bailouts, trillion dollar quantitative easing, and Jeff Skilling behind bars at the taxpayer's expense.