THE FAMOUS HARLOT QUOTE: “Power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.” |
THE ANONYMOUS INTERNET JERKS VARIATION: “Online anonymity gives users a power without responsibility. They tweet what they would never dare say to your face and in forums inhabited by like-minded, asinine souls they egg each other on. The lack of accountability results in misogyny, racial abuse, threats of violence and insane rants posted without fear of repercussions.” |
THE IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT REGULATORS VERSION: “Responsibility without control...the prerogative of the cuckold.” |
THE ARROGANT IMPERIALISTS VERSION: “Power without responsibility, the prerogative of the imperialist throughout the ages.” |
THE IRAQ WAR VERSION OF “SILENCE = DEATH”: “In the face of the disaster that has overtaken Iraq in the ten years since the 2003 invasion, a number of journalists have quietly lamented their own performance...But the fact is that even the most cynical, hard-right media propagandists complicit in this horrendous crime have not paid any kind of price — they continue, unaffected, with their lucrative, high-profile careers. This facilitation of the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians abroad is a function of the media’s power without responsibility.” |
THE “SILENCE WOULD BE PREFERABLE” VARIATION: “The exercise of power without responsibility is the prerogative of the whore — not of the critic.” |
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