{"id":895,"date":"2017-02-09T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T22:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=895"},"modified":"2017-02-28T10:28:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:28:25","slug":"unaccountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"Unaccountable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nke3\" data-offset-key=\"hro3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"hro3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"hro3-0-0\">Any group of people with power or authority, who are not held accountable in some way, <em><strong>will<\/strong><\/em> end up doing bad things. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nke3\" data-offset-key=\"cp38h-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cp38h-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cp38h-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nke3\" data-offset-key=\"e9o1c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"e9o1c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e9o1c-0-0\">If you see any group; cops, politicians, priests, judges, jailers, professors, doctors, dentists, business\u00a0tycoons, psychologists, faith healers, karate instructors, <em><strong>whatever<\/strong><\/em>&#8230; anyone with\u00a0authority over others&#8230; who is trying to ward off attempts to check on their behavior either is doing something unethical or are afraid they are. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nke3\" data-offset-key=\"933ff-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"933ff-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"933ff-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nke3\" data-offset-key=\"btckf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"btckf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"btckf-0-0\">It&#8217;s not as if people set out to do bad things, generally, but the first slip happens, and if there&#8217;s no blow-back\u00a0there are fewer reasons to fight against that next slip. 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