Trust nobody - y’hear?

Oct 5, 2005 by Naomi.

The Patriot Act indicates, no - demands, that no one be trusted until proven innocent. That proof will be impossible to find because records the police access, are gathered under Patriot Act privacy. The accused would never know where the “proof” of guilt came from, nor know the reason for the accusation. The unfairness of such access by the government smacks of Hitler in the 1930s. Very fearsome. Indeed.

Television writers are now capitalizing on that fear with crime shows, weekly no kidding, of the background of criminals who after capture were found accepted in their neighborhoods as average well-liked citizens. The crimes portrayed, real or manufactured for TV, show ordinary men and women living normal uncomplicated lives until their crimes were discovered and WALLAAHH they are revealed to be heinous psychopaths responsible for kidnap, slavery, butchery, rape, and/or pornography production.

Those individuals exist. Books have been written about the lives of many. However what is a travesty on our society is the advertising about TV series of those criminals insisting that these are OUR neighbors, living innocently next door. And the promotion warns you to look at neighbors with suspicion and ask, “Could this innocent looking person be a monster?” which can only bring on a response of fear and suspicion. Shame on the promoters and shame on CBS.

Is that helping us live in this sad world of terrorism,I ask you? How can children not cringe with fear totally distracted from living their childhood. And we are not living in a war zone as are thousands of children in the world. How can hate and revenge not surface in the hearts of people who believe society lets them down on a daily basis? Colombine? Oklahoma City? How many calls will the police receive from neighbors who, after watching the show, will report suspicious neighbors? Welcome to Nazi America next door.

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