A Non-Verbal Symbol For Our Cause

[Greg Burnham]

Mr. Prior,

If I give you the benefit of the doubt, then I might respectfully submit that you are among the "innocent" of both heart and mind:

• that you are well intentioned
  
• that you feel it would be effective to march before those who are to this very day responsible for the continued erosion of the principles upon which this republic was founded and demonstrate our solidarity with the equivalent of a four fingered peace sign
  
• that you have yet to come to grips with the gravity of the situation, but are attempting to do so
  
• that this endeavor (your facing reality) is not near completion
  
• indeed, innocent (at best)
  

Then, quoting Graham Greene:

"Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm."

"He'll always be innocent, 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."

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Sometimes the appearance of innocence is a subterfuge. We shall see.