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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (55944)	8/30/2002 4:46:15 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Perhaps it's just that I was recently discussing Les Miz with someone and the theme lingers in my mind. Yes, I don't have such a hard and fast position on this as it may appear, after if was brought up. I find Les Miz very compelling, and cannot listen to the soundtrack without feeling a lot of emotion. At the same time, I also find compelling those "cold cases" where a dedicated detective is not willing to let a crime be buried and forgotten, just because they are too busy with new cases. The Skakel case is timely, where justice delayed turns out not to be justice denied, after all. I find that kind of tenaciousness to not be mindless vengeance, but a very admirable determination that the dead and buried not be forgotten because it is convenient to do so. I feel pretty much the same way about Nazi criminals being found and held accountable, even 60 years later. Circumstances are everything. But right now I am not as ready as you may be to look forward and let bygones be bygones. Skakel was not likely to commit another crime, but I'm still happy he was brought to account. Some of the former Nazis were living productive and peaceful lives (one was found in my former home town), but I'm still glad they were made to face their past. We don't fully understand the nature of "time" ... but we know it has two directions, neither of which is necessarily more important than the other.