dagblog - Comments for "Baltasar Garzón, judge who pursued dictators, brought down by wiretapping" http://dagblog.com/link/spanish-judge-baltasar-garz-n-found-guilty-wiretapping-case-13032 Comments for "Baltasar Garzón, judge who pursued dictators, brought down by wiretapping" en Don't really feel qualified http://dagblog.com/comment/149565#comment-149565 <a id="comment-149565"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/149333#comment-149333">As the leading Dagblog</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Don't really feel qualified to sum up a "take." Especially as one who cannot read Spanish, I have to rely on the summaries and takes of English-language media. I was surprised to see it, hadn't been following anything on it, knew that he was admired by some American bloggers during the Bush years, thought others would likewise want to know about it happening.</p> <p>All that said, from what I did read on it, I'll admit that what I thought was: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus">Icarus.</a> Judges, especially prosecutor judges as was his position, have to be careful not to fly too close to the sun, or to act like they are king of the world and no one can touch them. Arrogance is often the cause of the downfall of many who seek to do good. That's what I thought, but I am not sure if it applies in this case because I don't have all the details.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:04:41 +0000 artappraiser comment 149565 at http://dagblog.com As the leading Dagblog http://dagblog.com/comment/149333#comment-149333 <a id="comment-149333"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/spanish-judge-baltasar-garz-n-found-guilty-wiretapping-case-13032">Baltasar Garzón, judge who pursued dictators, brought down by wiretapping</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As the leading Dagblog purveyor of foreign news links, can you sum up your take, AA? Irony or calumny? Is this justice or inequity?</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:25 +0000 NCD comment 149333 at http://dagblog.com