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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (18746)12/12/1998 1:39:00 PM
From: j g cordes  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
The Editorial Page of the New York Times states "Contrition without Confession"

My Response to them is this:

"Contrition without Confession" states the obvious. The thirst for confession is rooted not in American justice but in religious intolerance and political vengance that seeks to break someone's will and spirit before letting them go. Our country was founded as a sanctuary against such medieval thinking and practice, one can only imagine the horror of public confession applied evenly across the land.

Will we require our children to publicly confess to their classmates in school? Will we have confession days where citizens must display their proper shame and dishonor? Soon we will be throwing stones at sinners and rebuilding the tortures of the public dunking and pillory. An image of Communist confessions of shame to having private thoughts looms on the horizon. There is an evil in demanding or forcing confession that goes against the American spirit.

Can we really strike a bargain with lying by demanding the liar himself confess? That thinking allows that forcing a confession is equal to the act of perjury. That one act dissolves the other, like matter and anti-matter cleansing the universe of shame. This is medieval and below the American ambition of tolerance, of allowing the best we offer to survive our failures. Too much has been made of this hunt for retribution, Clinton has been dragged over the coals a hundred times and the majority knows every sordid detail. We also know this isn't what we want our Congress and Senate to pursue in the year ahead. Its done, end the game of shame.

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