“That which you are my thoughts cannot transpose:
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell;
Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,
Yet grace must still look so.”
(Macbeth, act 4, sc. 3)
Comment. In a recent Court case, defendant, failed suicide-bomber and terrorist Richard Reid admitted his guilt without apologizing for it. He was condemned to 80 years in prison. Upon passing the sentence, the judge delivered a sermon to him.
That condemning the terrorist was necessary, it goes without question. Nor it is, or it would have been possible for the defendant to reply to the judge’s words and sermon.
What follows, however, is a ‘virtual’ dialog including what, feasibly, the defendant Continue reading
