As I Toil in The Spectacle...

Last week, I was remiss in my duties as paid corporate propagandist and only accomplished about ten percent of a heavy workload that I should've completed by now. As a result, I must do penance for previous indulgences (even though few of them were much fun) and won't be posting for a few days.

In the interim, for the benefit of the uninitiated marks who have somehow managed to stumble upon this festival of darkness - yet, still remain - I leave you with the following essay from Jay Taber's War of Ideas:

MORAL SANCTION

The power of moral sanction as a penalty of conscience for violations of our sense of decency--based on a belief in the application of justice--has been essential to struggles for autonomy and dignity since the Middle Ages, and is, in my opinion, central to the struggle of rebuilding democratic society today. An examination, therefore, of the strengths and weaknesses of this tool of social change is warranted.

If you dare.