And only thinking about yourself not looking out in the world for perpetrators of massive power abuse well that's the mindset that allowed Raniere to avoid the attention of America's justice system for more than a decade.
The degree of anonymity afforded by the online world can embolden perpetrators to behave in ways they otherwise wouldn't.
In the cases of both the Khmer Rouge, who ruled Cambodia in the late 1970s, and the army of Myanmar, he said, "It's crucial to look at the world of the perpetrators, to contextualize the evidence and the people rather than seeing them as monsters, but see them as human beings, and that we are all capable of doing these kinds of things in given circumstances".
Meanwhile, women's rights activists — who stood separately holding signs on the steps of the cathedral — were verbally attacked by passersby, who called them dumb and stupid for suggesting that sexual assaults happen all over the world, and that perpetrators can be of all nationalities. .
I noted that it could easily have produced a parallel timeline of how the leaders of the western world treated the perpetrator of these atrocities at the time.
But his remarks reflected a prominent feeling in the Muslim and Arab worlds that the perpetrators could not be inspired by Islam, regardless of what the United States says is strong evidence pointing to Osama bin Laden, who has called for Muslims to wage war on America.
The real message is that, under American rule and even during wartime, their crimes have been revealed to the world and that the perpetrators will be prosecuted.
Across the world, where the suspected perpetrators could be identified by Global Witness, paramilitary groups, the police, private security guards and the military were implicated.
"We will work with the United Kingdom and a broad coalition of nations from the region and around the world to bring the perpetrators of this outrageous act to justice, and to degrade and destroy this threat to the people of our countries, the region and the world".
We will work with the UK and a broad coalition of nations from the region and around the world to bring the perpetrators of this outrageous act to justice, and to degrade and destroy this threat to the people of our countries, the region and the world".
