It is natural that the stronger power will subject the weaker. These are not matters of right or wrong but of logic, cost and benefit.The Limits of Empire, Benjamin Isaac (Oxford University Press, 1990).2078 A.D., EarthMaenads’ shrieks from Lilith, dedicating a song to “brothers, sisters, and citizens!” tore through Wyn Baker’s lecture yet again.“You must think of the Fifth Book as more a dialogue than a history,” she said. “Think of two speakers, a voice of Melos and a voice of Athens.”“Equality now. EQUALITY NOW” brayed from a bullhorn in the square below.Eight thousand students disentangled themselves from bottles, borloi, and each other to bellow agreement. Then electronic guitars and keyboards clamored, and Lilith shrieked once more.A few note takers, clustered near the front of the hall, recorded her statement. No doubt they were intent on grades, on winning scholarships they hoped would lift them from Citizens status to a post like hers: visiting scholar and Personage.
