Thursday, June 28, 2001
This is a comparatively rare one - only encountered once so far - but is so heroic that it needs a public forum.

Hypocrisy, from the Ancient Greek word hypocrites - actor - is the condition of somebody who is untrue to their stated ideals.

Hippocracy, if such a thing there be, is an administrative system in which legislative power is placed in the hands, or rather hooves, of horses.

Caligula allegedly made his favourite horse a senator, and Catherine the Great was also fond of them, but I don't think either counts as a true hippocrat...

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