We live in a time where expedience is the norm. This current time, in all probability, is not unique to history. Yet we did not live in those other eras. We read about them, but did not experience the emotional and visceral reactions that living in those periods produced.
So what shall we then say? Is the law really king? Is it immutable, inviolate and pure? We have our doubts as to this. For our eyes today tell us that the words The Law Is King has lost its meaning.
Writing is an art as much as a form of communication. I'd like to write things in this blog that have meaning and power in the form and style in which the message is delivered. I know that won't always be possible. Part of the reason that won't always be possible is I am not that gifted no matter how pure and sincere my passion might be. Another part of the reason though is others either as skillful, or more skillful, have already said it better than I could. I now give you such an instance.
In the 1961 movie "Judgment at Nuremberg" actor Spencer Tracey delivers a description of what expedience can produce and why LEX REX must be the guiding principle of all of that which constitutes civilization:
". . . [A]nd the value of a single human being."
I would particularly draw your attention to those portions at the 3:38, 4:18 and 5:20 marks as to the applicability of this address to our times today.
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