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At 02:46 AM 8/1/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: > >The Latin maxim "And who shall guard the guardians?" has some relevance to >the headlong rush into converting the U.S. into even more of a security >state than it is now. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com> writes: > At 02:46 AM 8/1/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote: > > > >The Latin maxim "And who shall guard the guardians?" has some relevance to > >the headlong rush into converting the U.S. into even more of a security > >state than it is now. > > Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who custodiates the custodians? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
>>>>> In article <sNoyRD6w165w@bwalk.dm.com>, dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM) writes:
> Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com> writes:
>> At 02:46 AM 8/1/96 -0700, Timothy C. May wrote:
>> >
>> >The Latin maxim "And who shall guard the guardians?" has some relevance to
>> >the headlong rush into converting the U.S. into even more of a security
>> >state than it is now.
>>
>> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
> Who custodiates the custodians?
Is this not slightly better translated as "who watches the watchers?"?
This is the way I have heard it stated, and it is _WAY_ too long since
I have studied Latin. One of my great dissapointments is that,
despite having spent my entire school career (less university: I'm
only 20) in private schools, I couldn't take latin or greek except one
year of latin, after which the course was dropped. Sigh.
-Robin, who really wanted a classical eduation.