Several years ago a large percentage of the American public was outraged and demanded the impeachment of then president Clinton because he lied about receiving oral sex from an intern named Monica something. I was one of those people I did not like Mr. Clinton back then.

Now, the distorted truth and in some cases, I'm convinced, outright lying by the current administration about the intelligence, or lack thereof, regarding the threat posed by Iraq and particularly the alleged, still alleged mind you, weapons of mass destruction goes by basically unchallenged. Sure there has been some political posturing, but the typical man on the street seems to care less... at least in this country.

Now, this is the particularly interesting to me. Why is it that we as a society feel that sexual impropriety is much more scandalous than the killing of a few thousand Iraqis and a hundred or so Americans and British under false pretense? Why is it that if a movie is rated R that it is typically because of the horrifying sight of a bear breast or some such and a PG-13 movie can contain depictions of scores of killings? I don't understand the mentality? I mean, these were living breathing human beings. Someone's sons and daughters. Shouldn't we demand that there lives we taken for legitimate reasons and not simply for political gain or whatever the reason? Aren't their lives as meaningful as a stain on a dress?

A couple articles this morning that got me thinking again:
White House 'lied about Saddam threat'
Rumsfeld shifts stance on Iraq weapons