Parrhesia

February 24, 2004

If Indonesia were to go to court today, it would return home tomorrow with its legs broken. No one would save it. Justice is not merely a matter of crime and punishment. Justice is a layer of humus on the field of solidarity. And upon it, a country will grow as a country. Without it, there will be only battle camps, a situation that Hobbes coolly depicted as law made by those with authority, not those with truth. Autoritas, non veritas facit

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