The fact is that our democracies are not equipped to repel torturers and tyrants. The mainstream media, oriented as it is around broadcasting without nuance, has no way to reflectively consider itself.

And the consequences are stark. We put people on trial for any attempt to reform the system. Murray's blog covers the attempted railroading of Alex Salmond, and Murry himself was investigated and legally attacked by the state simply for not taking the state's side.