To Hell. In Handbasket.
What does it mean...
When the word “lockdown” is used more frequently at high schools than it is in prisons?
When almost everyone knows how to use “redacted” in a sentence?
When the memoirs of a Washington, DC matron are published with whole chunks blacked out -- redacted -- and people seem barely to notice or comment?
When the host of a morally suspect and artistically bankrupt television show is fired because of something said in a private telephone conversation?
When the powers that be debate the definition of “torture”?
This is me being cheery this morning. (Irony intended.)
Though I can say without irony that I seriously have to stop watching the news.
When the word “lockdown” is used more frequently at high schools than it is in prisons?
When almost everyone knows how to use “redacted” in a sentence?
When the memoirs of a Washington, DC matron are published with whole chunks blacked out -- redacted -- and people seem barely to notice or comment?
When the host of a morally suspect and artistically bankrupt television show is fired because of something said in a private telephone conversation?
When the powers that be debate the definition of “torture”?
This is me being cheery this morning. (Irony intended.)
Though I can say without irony that I seriously have to stop watching the news.
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And then recently in an interview I was asked why people found it so easy to believe in corrupt cops.
Many years ago, people never challenged authority. They did as told. The few who rose in opposition usually became martyrs. But through knowledge comes power, an opportunity to the masses to chart their own destiny. We have access to more information than ever before, which perhaps deludes us into thinking we can obtain justice in every situation. As Clea is indicating, we're actually fortunate to live in a society where such things can be expressed and discussed - even in short order - without the fear of the police coming in the middle of the night. The risk of freedom is always abuse, and this is prevalent in our society, but I would rather that than a police state.