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Many would agree legality should be backed by what is moral. But what if the law was corrupted in the guise of being moral? A number of well meaning friends insist that the unfair trial of CJ Justice Renato Corona is a small price to pay if it serves as a lesson against corruption. That sounds reasonable enough until you punch the holes and realize that it is more rotten than the detested corruption. The latter is about money and the former is about ideas and ideals on which a nation is founded. Corrupting the rule of law is far more damaging, far more extensive and more difficult to correct in the long run. This is the meaning of the saying “burning the house to kill a rat.” There are other ways to kill the rat other than by burning the house. It might take longer but it would definitely have been more sane. - Carmen Pedrosa
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 12:41:10 +0000

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