Some people say it's foolish to worry about soulless creatures overtaking the earth and devouring our brains. I say they've already won.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H.L. Mencken
Sunday, November 20, 2011
More On UC Davis
A lot of really good stuff has been written about what happened at UC Davis.
I offer the following links. They are important to read, because ultimately this is about more than protestors.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/pepper-spray-brutality-at-uc-davis/248764/
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/the-moral-power-of-an-image-uc-davis-reactions/248778/
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/why-i-feel-bad-for-the-pepper-spraying-policeman-lt-john-pike/248772/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/11/too-much-violence-and-pepper-spray-at-the-ows-protests-the-videos-and-pictures/248761/
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/the-cops-we-deserve/248775/
I realize they are all from the Atlantic, but they are all good analysis.
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