I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it as we too may have been somewhat to blame.
But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen rests on an understanding of the established conventions and special responsibilities of the news media.
We are not indifferent creators, we have a duty of care and even when, with the best of intentions, you go astray, as many of us have, you have the responsibility to course correct.
When your brand becomes so big that you become the name, you become the face behind the brand, it's difficult. There's also a great deal of responsibility and risk, and you have to be very, very careful.
It is a manifestation not just of individual anguish but also of a collective failure: if society is too painful to live in, perhaps we are all culpable.
He had already told them pompously that he was only staying over Christmas because it was his duty as a prefect to support the teachers during this troubled time.