"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
Guy in Soldier Costume Takes Train to Party; People Freak out Thinking He’s a Terrorist, Hope Cops Shoot Him
"This is the level we are at. V for Vendetta and 1984 have has nothing on the modern human race. Especially in Western society, we have been socially engineered ever since the atom bomb was dropped and at an accelerated pace since 9/11 to be afraid, be very very afraid of… well…Everything. Mostly terror, which could be brought on by almost everything at any time. That’s right! Be scared of everything all the time!! Have no common sense or discernment in the face of blind, irrational panic."
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