To: bart13 who wrote (105686 ) 4/20/2014 2:34:47 PM From: Maurice Winn Read Replies (1) | Respond to Stop thinking inside the box. Cliched thinking isn't the answer. Cui bono is some weird language from long ago. It's not just cliched thinking, it's archaic. <Cui bono / k w i? ' b o? n o? / "to whose benefit?", literally "with benefit to whom?" is a Latin phrase that persists. [1] The phrase is a double dative construction. It is also rendered as cui prodest Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be. [2] guilty of committing a crime may be found among those who have something to gain, chiefly with an eye toward financial gain. The party that benefits may not always be obvious or may have successfully diverted attention to a scapegoat , for example.Marcus Tullius Cicero , in his speech Pro Roscio Amerino , [3] section 84, attributed the expression cui bono to the Roman consul and censor Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla :“ L. Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?'
