Censorship and other nasties
Coming to a location close to you soon! It’s creeping up on us, sneaking up from behind. The fact that congress apparently just stated that “if the networks won’t clean the airwaves up, then they would!”. Scary thought that. Not that I’m any fan of television. I have netflix for worthwhile viewing. Occasionally a show will capture my interest, but not very often. But the thought of government controlled media just sends shivers down my spine. But I don’t know why I’m surprised (well in truth I’m not). It’s been coming slowly. First the lovely connection between Clear Channel and the fundies see .
Then of course there are all the insidious infringements on our personal liberties, such as the fact that the president feels compelled to make a poor woman stay connected to life support forever in the claim of the “sanctity of life” but really just as a overt political statement to his supporters rather than any real concern about the well being or quality of life. If he really cared anything for human life, he would clean up the mess he’s left in Afganistan, and get our folks out of Iraq. So much for concern for life. Then there is the fact that the patriot act lets us all be monitored, without any consent on our computers, our telephones, in any public areas, and of course, let’s not forget the wonderful court case of even being monitored in our private homes (the bedroom no less).
I’m not sure which scares me more. The fact that the present administration is reversing civil rights at an alarming rate never before achieved, or that in general the sheep of common man in our country is bowing down to the altar of safety first. I don’t believe that our forefathers intended us to be penned sheep afraid of practicing what we believe. Yes, I do agree that they could never have envisioned what life is like today, but I do believe that they would never have thought it possible that they government they created would become the bloated, money grubbing, censor happy organism it is today. I believe they felt that it was immoral to tell each other what to do. That they believe in respect for at least land owning men. Yes, they had their issues. Women had no voice, children had even less, and slaves were not even people to most of them. But the spirit of what they believed about our country was a vision of wonder, and it is crumbling in the culture of fear being constantly shoved down our throats by people so far away from the reality of the every day world that most people think duct tape will save them in a terrorist attack.
I think the bottom line is the fact that maybe, just maybe, when the sheep get the scent of the wolf (when they do something like cancel “Desperate Housewives” for example) they will finally stand up and have had enough. However, if I was a betting woman, I’d place my money on the wolf.
