On February 17th 2021 Joe Biden was asked abruptly: “Do you think that Putin is a killer?” and he answered, “I do”. In a few hours, Putin replied with a long and intense statement, in which he said something that a legal historian immediately recognises. He began with a simple notion, one used by kids (“it takes one to know one”) but was also quick to add the profound implications of what he was saying. He was talking of an inborn innocence: “I’m a mirror, if you see evil, that’s your evil”.
Putin, Biden and medieval presumptions
Putin, Biden and medieval presumptions
Putin, Biden and medieval presumptions
On February 17th 2021 Joe Biden was asked abruptly: “Do you think that Putin is a killer?” and he answered, “I do”. In a few hours, Putin replied with a long and intense statement, in which he said something that a legal historian immediately recognises. He began with a simple notion, one used by kids (“it takes one to know one”) but was also quick to add the profound implications of what he was saying. He was talking of an inborn innocence: “I’m a mirror, if you see evil, that’s your evil”.