19-02-2010, 02:55 PM
Ed Jewett Wrote:Overheard, from the loft above: a PBS documentary that was subtly smearing the family and Jack.
I read somewhere -- I wish I could remember where -- that the 'fetishization' of the victim is a sign of guilt and that the pathology of it all will not let them stop -- like the automatic gunfire into an already-obviously-dead victim in the massacre at Nissour Square. Or the padlocking of JFK's burial site on the anniversary of his death. Or the presentation of a portrait of MLK to his widow. The latter two were courtesy of the Bush family.
I agree that this analysis may be applied appropriately to the ritualistic actions of some of the killers.
But we must not lose sight of the fact that practical operational objectives are attained by the slander.
I might also note that the killers exhibit no fear whatsoever of the Kennedy family.
Charles Drago
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene