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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Murder in New York
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:45:10 -0800
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:19:09 +1300, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

>On 15/12/24 05:09, Paul S Person wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:32:17 +1300, Titus G Trump <noone@nowhere.com>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 14/12/24 05:30, Paul S Person wrote:
>snip
>>>> My solution is simpler: the person at the top is /always/ =
responsible
>>>> [1]. Unless he was active in supervising the organization and this =
was
>>>> hidden from him.
>>>>
>>>> [1] This is a common trope, whether by Pres Truman ("The buck stops
>>>> here", pointing to his desk or perhaps the Oval Office) to Star Trek
>>>> VI, where Kirk agrees that, as Captain, he is responsible for what
>>>> happened. So why does the buck /not/ stop at the top dog in these
>>>> cases?
>>>
>>> Perhaps because one is fiction with a message and the other is =
reality?
>>=20
>> Truman isn't fiction.
>
>He certainly accepted responsibility for use of atomic bombing of Japan.
>I do not know of his record of other matters. The buck does stop "in
>these cases", but nowadays it stops in the top dogs' bank accounts.
>Didn't Truman also become somewhat rich as President?

I have no idea.

But, if he did, that means he /wasn't/ rich when he became President.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"