Exposing Ourselves As Hypocrites

To the Editor:

For years the US has been lecturing most of the other countries of the world on democracy. On their lack of free and fair elections. And modestly offering itself as the paradigm.

But now we find that for many, winning is the only thing that matters in an election. If fairness must be sacrificed to that end – so what? Lots of things in life are unfair.

Of course many things in life are not fair and often there is nothing that we can do about that. But we must ensure fairness when we can, or expose ourselves as canting hypocrites.

Sincerely,

Brian Gibney

10 Checkerberry Lane, Sandy Hook December 5, 2000