1. Donald Trump is giving America and the world a lesson in the value of shame – and the power of shamelessness. Through his actions, most vividly his firing on Tuesday of the FBI director James Comey and his comments about it since, Trump has taught us that shame performs a vital democratic function – and how dangerous is the man who feels none of it.
......The constitution is powerless unless there are people willing to enforce it. Today, that means Republicans in the House of Representatives. Only they have the power to bring impeachment proceedings against the president. Given what we already know, the constitution all but requires them to do it. But their loyalty to party means they refuse to do their duty. They too feel no shame.
This, I see now, is the weakness of any written constitution. It cannot extend its protective reach to those valuable customs and traditions that stand outside it. And it cannot even defend its own provisions when those with power refuse to honour their democratic obligations.
Even the most ancient and beautiful documents cannot protect us. Only the respect of the powerful for those documents can do that. When that is gone, when they feel no shame, democracy stands naked – and vulnerable.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/comment...d-trump-has-no-shame-that-makes-him-dangerous
2. To let a shameless and dangerous man lead a nation shows that there is something very wrong with American diplomacy. Trump is "the emperor with no clothes", and US democracy lies naked and vulnerable under him.
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......The constitution is powerless unless there are people willing to enforce it. Today, that means Republicans in the House of Representatives. Only they have the power to bring impeachment proceedings against the president. Given what we already know, the constitution all but requires them to do it. But their loyalty to party means they refuse to do their duty. They too feel no shame.
This, I see now, is the weakness of any written constitution. It cannot extend its protective reach to those valuable customs and traditions that stand outside it. And it cannot even defend its own provisions when those with power refuse to honour their democratic obligations.
Even the most ancient and beautiful documents cannot protect us. Only the respect of the powerful for those documents can do that. When that is gone, when they feel no shame, democracy stands naked – and vulnerable.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/comment...d-trump-has-no-shame-that-makes-him-dangerous
2. To let a shameless and dangerous man lead a nation shows that there is something very wrong with American diplomacy. Trump is "the emperor with no clothes", and US democracy lies naked and vulnerable under him.
Trump: The Emperor without clothes - Thought Leader
Everybody knows the story of the emperor's new clothes — where a vain emperor contracted two so-called 'tailors' to make him a new set of clothes, not knowing that they were con artists. By flattering the emperor about his handsome appearance in the supposedly new clothes, when in fact there…
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