26-09-2009, 09:46 PM
There was a time in the past when a similar phalanx was used in LA to clear the streets of some exuberant crowds at an Hispanic civic event drawing large crowds, some of whom seemed to want to express themselves vociferously and en masse. A rolling blockade of police cars and massed centurions also encased in armor did the job. Others argued with my historical use of the word phalanx. As much of the preparatory work for martial law in the US came out of the hard right wing in LA, and the Reagan/Meese/Ollie North/FEMA business, it was clearly practice for the future. Recently I've seem some discussions about our being psychologically conditioned as a viewing audience to accept all of this over time so that when the big moment comes we'll yawn and switch channels.
"Where is the intersection between the world's deep hunger and your deep gladness?"