[bcc][faked-from] [Mpls] Mpls Somali activist found guilty of

[Gregory Reinhardt]

If Jamal is deported, it will be the country he left; Canada.  There
currently is a federal injunction preventing the deportation of anyone back
to Somalia.  See St. Paul Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/10594906.htm.

In order to stir a debate on ethical standard of leaders, formal or not, I
posed a rhetorical assertion that a leader might have the courage to lie.
Lying is not an act of courage, nor is it a cornerstone to build a person'
moral and character.  James Madison commented on the higher standards that
must be demanded by the public of a leader "The aim of every political
Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess
most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the
society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for
keeping them virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust'

Cynicism is an easy path to follow. We all lie, what harm was done? Nor can
one be ignorant of injustice and the temptation of Jurist Nullification..
But do we demand too little of our leaders?  Or is the higher road so
unattainable that why bother? To abandon or excuse higher standards seems to
set in motion a slippery slope.

I for one expect more from our local leaders, not less.

G. W. Reinhardt
Excelsior