Aphorism on torture and democracy from Le Monde
December 10th, 2005
Gilbert Achcar has sent the following all to appropriate aphorism:
Dear Friends,
An aphorism by one of Le Monde’s columnists that I thought you might enjoy.
Below the original version and my translation.Best
Gilbert
**************************************************************
Peut-on redéfinir le mot torture afin de pouvoir la pratiquer ? Bien sûr, et c’est même digne d’une démocratie, à condition de redéfinir aussi le mot démocratie.Is it possible to redefine the word “torture” in order better to practice it? Of course it is, and it is even worthy of a democracy, provided the word “democracy” is also redefined.
Entry Filed under: Iraq, Rights and Liberties, War and Peace
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed