Friday, May 11, 2007

Finger pointing in stereo

From a bumper sticker:

"Errors have been made. Others will be blamed."

This is beautiful both for its literal meaning, chiefly that the buzzing bureaucrats of the world love nothing more than to parcel out blame to someone else, and for its use of passive voice, a favorite tool of those who wish to never take responsibility for any action, ever. Think "a decision was made ..." Who made that decision?

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