Thursday, May 4, 2006

Justice

There is nothing more powerful than a judge with an eloquent sense of the apropos. The headlines have been about what Moussaoui said about "winning" vs. America, but it was actually this judge who had the last word.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12615601/

“Mr. Moussaoui, you came here to be a martyr in a great big bang of glory,” she said, “but to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot, instead you will die with a whimper.”

At that point, Moussaoui tried again to interrupt her, but she raised her voice and spoke over him.

“You will never get a chance to speak again and that’s an appropriate ending.”

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