What’s better? What’s worse?
We faced some trying, difficult times as a country following September 11th. We wanted answers, we wanted security, we wanted vengeance, and we wanted to clarity. We wanted to stop all the world now, but we wanted to keep living. We wanted protection. We wanted security. We wanted to trust and believe that those on high would not let this happen again. We wanted to find comfort in the fact that they were doing whatever it took to keep us safe, protect us from harm, and keep us living without company on our back. We didn’t ask many questions. We took things at face value. It was not our job to know what was going on behind the scenes. Some of us prodded, yes. Some of us were skeptical, yes, but many of us were fine. Many of us were getting our security back. And really, who could have asked for anything more?
Really, what’s better? Really, what’s worse?
Torture. Apparently some of those on high approved methods and tactics you can file under torture. This is not the way some of us wanted it. This is not the way many people wanted it. There’s got to be other alternatives right? This can’t be the end all be all? This can’t be right/moral/just/okay? This. Can’t. Be. Life. Right? We want answers, we need answers. We want security, cause we need security. We want protection, cause, again, it is what’s needed, but at what cost? There’s got to be other alternatives right? Did anyone stop to weigh out all our options and simply ask,
Is this better? Or is this worse?
What do we do now? Where do we go from here? It’s out there. It’s all out there. Every paragraph, every detail, every semi-colon, every period. Every minute detail drawn up to “seek out” the truth. Whoop, there it is. So what do we do? Do we hold those on high who approved these things responsible, or do we simply move along, and walk on by. Do we say that time and energy does not need to be exhausted on the prosecution and hunting down of former officials when there are other things worth crying for in our country at the moment? That works, right? What’s done is done? Learn from it, correct it, move on, right?
I mean you got a better alternative? Few things could be worse, right?
I don’t know. We all don’t know. We just want answers. We just want protection. We. Seek. Clarity. But are we still sure we’re getting it? We’re not prosecuting those on high who we say are responsible, yet we are. We all know what was done. We’ve applied faces to the names. And in the end, we have decided to keep it simple, and keep it schoolyard. We may not be able to get these bandits directly, but boy will we shame them. We’ll show you how ruthless, heartless, dirty, and rotten these players can be with their methods and tactics. And we’ll stop there. We’ll let you in on the secret and form your own opinion (hopefully one we share) and move on. It ain’t prosecution, but it’s a shaming, a good old fashioned shaming, and best of all, it establishes how us are nothing like them.
I still can’t decide if taking this road was better or whether I should throw in a vote for worse.
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