Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Comparing military justice to military music implies both are poor versions of their originals.
- In plain terms
- Military justice is as bad as military music is to regular music.
- What can you take from it?
- Institutions often fail to match the ideals they represent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we judge institutional quality?
- What makes justice truly just?
Another view
It oversimplifies the complexities of military law.
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