Saturday, April 25, 2009

Democratic Ignorance

Here is a reactions to Peggy Noonan's suggestion that the public look away from certain things, like torture. Again, a suggestion that certain items be off the table in the marketplace of ideas.

Not to beat a dead horse, but this is a perfect example of the idea that we as a society may agree in the abstract about certain things, such as transparency, but disagree when we discuss concrete examples of that abstract principle.