Quote of the day

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”

- Scotsman, Adam Smith

Then again, if the early release of Abdel Baset al-Magrahi was not about mercy but rather about oil then there are at least some tangible benefits to be had for this moral failing.

Appease foreign dictators, display you mercy chops, increase your carbon footprint. Everybody wins, right?

Read more on this subject here from Thomas Sowell.