Guttenberg & plagiarism

I don't know the specifics.
But that is the beauty of a blog. You can spout anything with impunity.
(you can't if you hold high public office though)

The German Federal Minister for Defense has been accused of plagiarism in his PhD dissertation.
His name is Herrn Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
His position is Bundesminister der Verteidigung

His main argument against the claims of gross, and systematic plagiarism is that in the end it doesn't matter. You should judge him on how he has performed his job as defense minister.

Whatever.

Why can't we just get another Bundesminister der Verteidigung?
There are many who can do the job and who haven't lied about their accomplishments.
We don't live in a time where the pool of candidates is small.

And it doesn't take a genius to do the job.

Elected people always think that they are the only ones who can do the job.
(Dictators, despots, and kings think this too). And the public has been fooled into believing this for a long time now.  Unfortunately, the public is waking up.

Karl might be a nice guy. He might be doing a very good job is minister. But if there is a large pool of candidates who are nice guys and can do the job just as well, why keep Karl?

If you honestly believe that in all of Germany, there is no one who can do Karl's job as well or better that Karl, then lets keep him. Otherwise, lets get rid of him.