Other voices could be heard yesterday to call for government interventionBut in his eyes the latter is manageableAnd sewn together all of this is a comedyFor the rest most of the building remained openThe geographic expansion is another issueAll committees or commissions we have openMittal is not the first global steelmakerAnd above all it has already been proven733 fraud constituting a prejudice to EUR 85The map and the territory is already a bestsellerEverything said, these days, on the return of Aung San Suu Kyi to public speaking and a relative freedom of movement. Balancing his capacity, his chances to federate the opponents of the military junta, opportunities for return on Burmese politics, its limited room for manoeuvre. All this is, of course. But we forget the essential. Because these tactics or strategy considerations remain in a single registry - force reports. But the decisive part does not play on this field. What reminds noble figure of Aung San Suu Kyi, is that human affairs are not only of the order of the facts. They are also of what may be termed the correctness.
This old term seems to become barely audible. It refers to a moral line rather than a battle plan. Nothing prevents to infer a programme of action, or even a political leadership, provided they specify, gaming, that all input here plays in fidelity stubborn values. Correctness is such a requirement to the position of command. Do not bend, do not cheat, remain fully faithful to the ethical choices and promises of departure. Stand up to threats, intimidation, blackmail, pressure and repression. Preserve complete this legal frame fixed - without sinking so in rigidity. Remain unshakable - without risking here even to become fanatical. This is correctness.
In the history of philosophy, it has its letters of nobility. Socrates, in the dialogue of Plato entitled "Gorgias", has installed it in the heart of thinking with a perfect sharpness. What he refuses: single test established by the victory in the register of the facts. This yardstick, justice fainted. Because the bullies win, in fact - and opponents lose. Because perpetrators, in fact, defraud victims, get rid of body and celebrate their package. If there is only the facts, one chooses the defeat, the sacrifice and suffering. The young Callicles that defies Socrates with the arrogance of the realists, shows that it is better to be executioner as victim. Criminals the hands and their eyes to cry fair. If this is the only reality, no hesitation - must be make winning game, so be the stronger. The rest is only seemingly.
The correctness of Socrates involves, on the contrary, an another record of reality - justice and moral standards. Here, the executioners are losers and glorious victims. Sum all, or is there is only a single order of the world, one of the facts and reports, either there are two - the facts and values, forces and the law. And this divide ceased cross thought until today, even if realpolitik often took precedence over the requirements of correctness. It contended that the sentiments could not make good policy and repeated that only have the results. However, this realism to him also its limits, now seen on all sides. At the time, correctness was not told his last word.
Figures embodying it are now more numerous and perhaps announce of metamorphoses. This have in common - for example - the Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, 14edalaï-lama and Aung San Suu Kyi, it is just a form of contemporary hybridization of wisdom and policy, spirituality and commitment. They embody new silhouettes, because they are simply activists neither entirely wise. These mixed leaders engaged in long-term social fighting, have in common a few convictions: "the essential revolution is that of the spirit", "be free from fear is both a means and an end", the truth, justice and compassion are often "only ramparts that take against a power ruthless" - lyrics by Aung San Suu Kyi in his famous speech of July 1990Freedom from Fear.
