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Entry: Civil Rights and Wrongs Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/civil_rights_and_wrongs#14832 Post contents: @Kirt No matter what the situation in Iraq is (and I would classify less as oppresion by a distant ruler as the inability of such ruler to do the basic job of any ruler, to keep the peace), on the average distant tyrants tend to be less meddlesome than local ones. That was an observation made in medieval times by a medieval tale, in which a prince asks for advice which enemy to attack, he is told to worry more about the one nearby than the one far away, even though he is more powerful, because a more distant enemy probably has more pressing business to attend to. Counterexamples do not invalidate this calculation. As for the social ills you mention, that is what happens when the Conservatives lose the bus, and stand by the sidelines criticizing and badmouthing changes which may be badly needed, instead of collaborating and influencing the result. The Civil Rights struggle was carried out without Conservative input, so Conservatives should ask themselves why they did not offer it. You miss the bus, and these things happen. Sent at: 2008 11 21