Parrhesia
Tuesday, 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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