"...Popper said that it is reasonable to assume that sooner or later some rotten scoundrels will gain power. It's not important who they will be precisely, but whatever your political views might be you must agree that a likelihood of such an event is rather high. So whatever law you want to have in your country, don't ask yourself the question "how this law can be used in good hands". Ask the question "how this law can be used when the filthiest, dirtiest, stupidest bastards will rule my country (and sooner or later they probably will)". Only the law that cannot be used to do anything wrong EVEN by the most vicious ruler is truly good...." On 4/22/09, Phillip Hallam-baker <hallam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of the commentators in a recent thread suggested that another person was > "beyond reproach" > > That has been worrying me as a security person for a number of reasons. Not > least the fact that in my business nobody is ever beyond reproach > > For the past eight years the establishment press in this country told us > daily that suggesting that the 'president' was not beyond reproach was > tantamount to committing treason > > It seems to me that many of the social infrastructures that have developed > over the years by ietf members suffer from being dependent on being run by > individuals who are and must be beyond reproach > > That is a very fragile model > > If someone is beyond reproach they are beyond accountability > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin Principal Engineer Corporate Standardization (US) SISA _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf