Thursday, May 12, 2005

"You fiddle while Rome burns" - a letter from Venables to Griswold

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2454

[Virtue Online] May 12, 2005--I write in response to your letter of May 5th. Since it has found its way all over the internet, I am constrained to respond more broadly than just in a personal note.

With great respect it must be said that considering what you now write in the light of what you have already done brings to mind the old cliche of Nero fiddling while Rome burns. It's like the doctor telling the grieving family that the operation was a success even though the patient has died.

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