WHO BREAKS A BUTTERFLY UPON A WHEEL? The outrageous prosecution of Dinesh D’Souza

American Spectator ^ | May 23, 2014 | By Daniel J. Flynn

[DJ MacWoW]

Not me. You think state government is less corrupt than the Fed is. They are all corrupt.

[Jacquerie]

What you or I think about relative corruption is irrelevant.

What matters is that the Framers’ constitution provided for vertical separation of power between the states and the government they created. It served our republic very well until 1913, and would serve us well again.

[DJ MacWoW]

I don't dispute that what the Founders created worked well.

But the thread is about Dinesh.

[zeestephen]

Fact is, D’Souza knowingly broke the law.

Speaking in court, under oath, he told the judge he asked his two friends to donate the money, then he promised to pay them back.

There was no reason to do such a thing, unless he clearly understood he was breaking the law.

Yes, the penalty is too harsh, and the law is selectively enforced.

But D’Souza could have avoided all that has happened if he simply obeyed the law.

[shankbear]

Coldplay?

[gaijin]

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kinds of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of lawbreakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." | Dr. Floyd Ferris, P2C3

[faucetman]

Yeah, but the other guys did it too! Sorry, he knew it was illegal and did it anyway. Everybody does it, is no excuse.

And his movie wasn’t very good. Nothing in it I didn’t already know.

He should take his punishment like a man and sin no more.