DISQUS

The Washington Independent: The Banality of Evil

  • skulzfontaine · 1 year ago
    banality- noun (pl. -ties) ORIGIN mid 18th cent.(originally relating to feudal service in the sense [compulsory,] hence [common to all]
    banal- adjective. so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
    One can and should lay the banal evil that is Abu Ghraib at the feet of Bob Gates. Oh yeah! One can and should lay the banality of Bob Gates at the feet of George 'monster' Bush. Oh yeah! Bobby the Inquisitor is in feudal service to his 'liege lord' and what a moral monstrosity that old 'liege lord' is in very real-time fact. Oh yeah! Therefore and by extension, 'we the people' are morally implicated in the Bush war crimes and that is comprehensively sad and IMMORAL! "Out damn spot!" Oh yeah, it ain't gonna happen for a long many years to come. We The People Are Morally Doomed! Oh HELL yeah!
  • regis · 1 year ago
    In picture #7, Graner appears to be preparing his camera. Just as evil, maybe worse.
  • spencer_ackerman · 1 year ago
    I didn't see that, Regis. I'll reinspect & change the post as necessary. Thanks for the eagle eye.