Jonathan Turley: A Threat to Our Principles

[bluedeathray]

Yes I realize he voted to impeach Bill Clinton. Lying under oath is against the law.

For me, this short paper illustrated the differences between moral and legal relativism, and the dangers fraught within.

Not a new article, but informative.

http://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/20/bush-and-domestic-spying-a-threat-to-our-principles/

[msongs]

1. according to the astroturfers on DU, since bill broke the law..... nt

[bluedeathray]

2. What is an "astroturfer"?

And I'm not sure if you're implying that since other presidents weren't impeached for law breaking, that BC shouldn't have been either.

Or what?

[madokie]

3. Don't much care for holier than thou Turley

So I don't pay much attention to anything he says, sorry.

[delrem]

4. I totally approve of Turley as compared to ethical relativists who argue D=good, R=bad,

and leave it at that.

The fact that a person has a hard won understanding of the principles of ethics and uses that understanding as a basis for argument doesn't make them "holier than thou", whatever that ad hominem slur is meant to say.

[tblue37]

5. Turley did not have a "vote" in the matter--but he did TESTIFY before

congress, and he testified in favor of impeachment.