Eric Peters proves that the old adage is true: "Opinions are like assholes, and every body has one".....
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:12 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Why Casey Anthony Got Away With It… > *by Eric Peters > > I know why child-killer Casey Anthony was found (*cough*) “not guilty.” > > It’s the same reason why American drivers – most of them – will never dare > turn right on red (even if the way is obviously clear) or pass a slowpoke > over the double yellow, even if the double yellow used to be an official > passing zone but was just recently painted over. > > It’s The Law. > > The American mindset has undergone a startling metamorphosis. I grew up in > the ’70s, when WW II-era Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker cartoons were still > on the air, *unedited*. These cartoons reflected an American mentality > that has been almost completely snuffed out. A don’t-trust-authority (and > use your own best judgment) mentality combined with a BS detector of > tremendous sensitivity. Bugs Bunny was a snarky individualist who busted > balls – and took no ball-busting from anyone, even if they had a badge. In > fact, Bugs tolerated it even less if they had a badge or wore a black dress > or some other Official Costume. Ditto Woody Woodpecker – the pre-sanitized, > politically (very) incorrect version, anyhow. > > Now we have a generation reared on Tele-Tubbies. Soft, passive. Wait to be > Told What To Do. > > And whatever you do, don’t think. > > *These* are the people who sat as jurors for the Casey Anthony trial – the > same people who will never disobey a No Right on Red sign or any other law, > rule or edict. Because they’ve been well-trained (and increasingly, > thoroughly doped-up since they were tots). Never exercise initiative. Don’t > question. > > *Submit. Obey. > > *In the trial, the hideous totality of evidence presented that Anthony > killed her kid, then covered it up, counted for naught because the Jots and > Tittles of *The Law* had not been satisfied – according to the tortured > interpretation and admonitions of shyster lawyers. Instead of ignoring the > shysters’ pedantic sophistry and using their own best judgment as to what > really mattered – *did this woman kill her kid?* – they chose to follow > The Law. If, for example, they were told by the man in the black dress to > ignore damning evidence because said damning evidence was not presented in > quite the proper way, they would actually throw a switch inside their heads > and exclude said damning evidence from their (*cough*) deliberations. > Reason – hell, common sense – never enters into it. Just whatever arbitrary > construct *The Law* presents them as the template for their actions (and > non-actions). > > It’s the same mindset that causes decent people to forgo the means of > self-defense if *The Law* says that only criminals may possess them. It > never occurs to them that obeying *The Law* is less important than staying > alive – *The Law* be damned. > > The same mindset that instills the depressing automatic compliance which > increasingly characterizes the Modern American – whether it makes any sense > to comply or not. > > The other day I was heading down the mountain (as we say around here) when > I rolled up behind a CloverCluster. The leader was not a Clover – just a > VDOT tractor with a long arm that was cutting overgrowth along the shoulder. > Behind it were the Clovers – two of them. Neither would even try to pass the > tractor, even though the sight lines ahead were good for more than a quarter > mile. The official-looking VDOT tractor with its blinking orange lights was > a dazzling incarnation of *The Law* to these Clovers. So even though the > tractor operator was not a cop and had no power to cite anyone for anything > – much less pursue anyone to present a citation – the Clovers cringed in > deference, patiently awaiting to be told when it was OK to pass. > > Not I. This Bugs Bunny-reared Gen Xer evaluated the situation, saw it was > perfectly safe to pass – and did so. Double yellow (and orange blinking > lights) be damned. Much to the absolute horror of the two Clovers, one of > whom did the pathetic flashing of his car’s headlights and tooting of his > horn at me as I sailed past. I have no doubt he spent the rest of the day > angrily denouncing me as a reckless Law Breaker to anyone within his Roche > limit. > > I will not cotton to the first – but eagerly embrace the second. When a law > makes sense, I abide by it. Interestingly, laws that make sense – especially > laws that make moral sense – are laws we really don’t need anyhow. Because > we should not need to be told by a law to do what is obviously right – and > to not do that which is obviously wrong. Laws are mostly if not entirely for > the Clovers. People who are no longer capable of exercising judgment > (perhaps they never were) and who lack the capacity to reason a thing out > and ask themselves: Is this harmful or not? > > Non-Clovers don’t need laws to tell them not to steal, beat people up or > commit fraud because they are intellectually and morally awake. Clovers are > *asleep*, just as the Tele-Tubbies intended. > > End result? Casey Anthony is free and soon to be a millionaire. > > And you and I are stuck behind that Clover up ahead, who just won’t move > over… . > > Because it’s* The Law*! > > http://epautos.com/2011/07/13/why-casey-anthony-got-away-with-it/ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
