Czernobog
Gold Member
Allow me to offer examples from both sides of the aisle so there is no suggestion of partisan bias:
LEFT: George Zimmerman was tried, and acquitted by a jury of his peers.
RIGHT: Hillary Clinton was questioned by 8 different Congressional hearings, and found not to be culpable for the deaths of Chris Stevens, or the other Americans in Benghazi.
Two different cases - one that disappointed adherents from each side of the ideological aisle.
We have been hearing a lot about "accountability". I would submit that, in both of those cases, the person in question was held accountable, and required to account for their actions (the definition of accountability). People just didn't like the outcome, and wanted punishment.
What say you all? Is accountability and punishment synonymous? Are they two different things? If the latter, then when do demands for "accountability" become indistinguishable from demands for "punishment"?
LEFT: George Zimmerman was tried, and acquitted by a jury of his peers.
RIGHT: Hillary Clinton was questioned by 8 different Congressional hearings, and found not to be culpable for the deaths of Chris Stevens, or the other Americans in Benghazi.
Two different cases - one that disappointed adherents from each side of the ideological aisle.
We have been hearing a lot about "accountability". I would submit that, in both of those cases, the person in question was held accountable, and required to account for their actions (the definition of accountability). People just didn't like the outcome, and wanted punishment.
What say you all? Is accountability and punishment synonymous? Are they two different things? If the latter, then when do demands for "accountability" become indistinguishable from demands for "punishment"?
