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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Murder in New York
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:19:09 +1300
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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:
> 
>> On 14/12/24 05:30, Paul S Person wrote:
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>>> 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?
> 
> 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?