CHARLETON HESTON'S SPEECH TO THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL...PART II

HI CHERYL.

I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE ME THE SAME COURTESY, THAT WAS 
EXPECTED OF ME, REGARDING YOUR POST ABOUT CHARLETON HESTON.

I FOUND HIS SPEECH TO BE SOMEWHAT DISTURBING, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL 
WITH HIS EXTREMIST VIEWS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE LAST DECADE, OR SO.  
MISTER HESTON IS A DANGEROUS MAN.

I GREATLY ADMIRED HIS FILM CAREER AND THAT OMNI-PRESENT, GOD-LIKE 
IMAGE OF HIS, HAS CERTAINLY ENDEARED HIM TO MANY FANS, THE WORLD 
OVER.  UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE MAN HAS TAKEN HIS ROLES, THAT OF 
GREAT HISTORICAL LEADERS, AND CULTURAL ICONS, TO CLOSE TO HEART.

TO BEGIN WITH, THE LIST OF HIS CHARACTERS WAS SOMEWHAT ERRONEOUS.  
HE HAS ONLY PLAYED ONE SAINT, THAT OF THE GREAT SPANISH MEDIEVAL 
FREEDOM FIGHTER, EL CID.  I CAN ALSO THINK OF ONLY ONE PROPHET, 
MOSES OF COURSE.

HESTON'S SEEMS TO CLAIM A GREAT FRIENDSHIP WITH MARTIN LUTHER 
KING, JR, AND SEEMS TO MINIMIZE THE FAR MORE COMPREHENSIVE EFFORTS 
OF OTHER HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES, BY STATING "...BEFORE IT WAS 
FASHIONABLE..."  HOW DARE HE MAKE SUCH CLAIMS!

HE SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT OUT A LOT OF OTHER "ACCOMPLISHMENTS" OF HIS.  
SUCH AS TURNING IN INNOCENT FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS, TO THE MCCARTHY 
WITCH HUNTS.  HE WAS AT THE TIME A SMALL TIME TALENT AND APPARENTLY 
FELT THAT ALLYING HIMSELF WITH SUCH OTHER HOLLYWOOD INFORMANTS AS 
RONALD REAGAN, ROBERT TAYLOR, AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS, WOULD GIVE 
HIM A STEP UP IN MOVIE-DOM.  (REAGAN EVEN ACCUSED HUMPHREY BOGART 
AND FRANK CAPRA OF BEING COMMUNISTS!)

HESTON, ONCE RECOGNIZED AS A MARKETABLE COMMODITY, SOON BECAME 
DICTATORIAL ON THE SETS.  THE TALES OF HIS RANTS AND RAVES ARE 
RAMPANT IN HOLLYWOOD LORE.

ANYWAY, HIS VIEWS ON THE "WORTH" OF THE AMERICAN EVERYMAN ARE 
GENERALLY INSULTING AND PREDATORY.

HESTON HAS BECOME A SPOKESPERSON FOR ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE 
BASTIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.  THE NRA FREQUENTLY SEEMS TO CLOSE 
THEIR EARS TO RATIONALITY.  I AM NOT AGAINST OWNING FIREARMS.  
WHAT I AM AGAINST, IS THE IDEA THAT AMERICANS CAN JUST SPONTANEOUSLY, 
WITH NO RESPECT FOR RESPONSIBILITY, PURCHASE FIREARMS AT ANY GIVEN 
TIME.

THE CRUX OF THE LIBERAL ARGUMENT REVOLVES AROUND A SIX DAY WAITING 
PERIOD FOR PROSPECTIVE GUN OWNERS, TO LICENSE THEIR FIREARMS.  
FURTHERMORE, THEY CONTEND THAT AUTOMATIC WEAPONS ARE REDUNDANT FOR 
HUNTING DEER.  ANYONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY FIND A PROBLEM WITH THIS, 
CAN ONLY HAVE MURDER IN MIND.

I LIVED IN PHOENIX DURING THE EARLY NINETIES.  I CAME FROM NEW YORK 
STATE WHERE GUN CONTROL HAS SOME SENSIBILITY.  I INITIALLY FELT GUN 
CONTROL WAS SOMEWHAT RIDICULOUS.  UNTIL I MET MY FIRST LUNATIC IN 
APACHE JUNCTION (A PHOENIX SUBURB).

A PRISON GUARD FROM THE NEARBY FLORENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WAS
INTRODUCED TO ME BY FRIENDS.  HIS FIRST REACTION WAS TO PULL HIS 
PISTOL AND HAND IT TO ME.  DON'T ASK ME WHY?  HE JUST DID IT.

ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER LANDING IN AJ, I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS.  THE 
STORY REVOLVED AROUND A ROBBERY AND MURDER AT A LIQUOR STORE IN THE 
ABCO PLAZA.  A MAN FIRST WENT TO A STORE IN THE PLAZA AND PURCHASED 
A FIREARM.  HE WENT TO YET ANOTHER STORE AND PURCHASED AMMUNITION.  
THEN HE WALKED TO THE LIQUOR STORE, PUT THE GUN TO THE HEAD OF THE 
CLERK, SHOT HIM, ROBBED THE CASH REGISTER, AND THEN HAD A SHOOT OUT 
WITH A COUPLE OF COWBOYS IN THE PARKING LOT.  THEY KILLED THE 
ASSAILANT AND SOME PASSERSBY'S WERE INJURED.  THE COPS FINALLY CAME 
AND CONGRATULATED THE COWBOYS.   WHILE INSPECTING THE DEAD MAN'S 
BODY, THEY FOUND HE HAD NO ID, AND WOULDN'T SOMEBODY WHO RECOGNIZED
HIM, PLEASE CALL AJ PD?

INCIDENTALLY, NOT LONG AFTER THIS, ANOTHER COWBOY SHOT AND KILLED A 
NAVAJO WHO HAD BEEN RUNNING FROM A STORE.  THE MAN WAS JUST TRYING 
TO CATCH A BUS, BUT THE COWBOY THOUGHT HE WAS A CRIMINAL.

NEARLY EVERY WEEK, THE MESA TRIBUNE WOULD POST A STORY ABOUT "LITTLE 
6 YEAR OLD TOMMY, KILLED HIS 3 YEAR OLD SISTER TAMMY, WITH THE LOADED 
SIX-GUN LEFT ON THE COFFEE TABLE, BY DRUNKEN DADDY."  THE NAMES WOULD 
CHANGE BUT THE STORY DIDN'T.

THIS IS WHAT CHARLETON HESTON WANTS.  WHY?  I DON'T KNOW.  THROUGHOUT 
THE WORLD, WHERE GUNS ARE CONTROLLED, VIOLENT CRIME IS AT A MINIMUM.

MISTER HESTON'S ARGUMENT ABOUT "THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS" HAS A TOUCH 
OF MERIT.  PARTICULARLY WHEN ONE REALIZES THAT MOST WEAPONS DURING 
THE REVOLUTION WERE KEPT IN ARMORIES.  FOR THAT MATTER, MOST SETTLERS 
IN CITIES DIDN'T EVEN OWN GUNS.  THE PIONEERS WOULD HAVE THEM TO HUNT 
GAME AND SUCH IN THEIR ISOLATED CABINS, ON THE FRINGES OF SOCIETY, 
BUT NOT THE REST.

IF MISTER HESTON CONTENDS THAT WE NEED OUR FIREARMS TO PERHAPS 
"FOSTER A REVOLUTION"; I AM SAD TO SAY THEY'D BE OF LITTLE USE IN A 
MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL WAR.  AN UPRISING IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD MORE 
LIKELY BE MET BY MILITIA, NATIONAL GUARD, AND OTHER ARMED SERVICES, 
FITTED WITH GAS, BULLET-PROOF VESTS, AND RUBBER BULLETS WHICH, TAKE 
IT FROM ME, WILL RENDER A REVOLTER QUITE UNCONSCIOUS, JUST LONG 
ENOUGH TO BE PLACED IN CONFINEMENT.

I LEARNED IN PHOENIX THE VALUE OF SOME KIND OF GUN CONTROL.  TOO MANY
IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WOULD GAIN ACCESS TO WEAPONS OF MURDER, WITHOUT 
SOME CONSTRAINT.

IF MISTER HESTON COULD GUARANTEE TO ME, THAT NO INNOCENT CHILDREN 
WOULD EVER BE KILLED BY THE OWNERS OF FIREARMS, I WOULD JUMP ON HIS 
BAND WAGON.  INCIDENTALLY, IT IS EXTREMELY RARE TO HEAR OF SHOOTINGS 
LIKE THIS IN NEW YORK STATE.  I KNOW, EVERYONE THINKS THE CITY IS 
IN A CONSTANT STATE OF WARFARE BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS, MAFIA, OR 
OTHERWISE.  THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.  THE MURDER CAPITOLS OF THE 
UNITED STATES ARE ALL IN STATES WITH LITTLE, OR NO GUN CONTROL.  
THAT'S THE FACTS, MISTER HESTON AND LIMBAUGH.

MISTER HESTON DOES MAKE A FEW VALID POINTS.  SO DID ADOLF HITLER.  
I AGREE THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS A SHAM.  I AM AN ATHEIST, AND YOU 
WILL BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT I THINK RELIGION SHOULD BE A REQUIRED 
COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL.  NOT JUST CHRISTIANITY, HOWEVER.  I THINK ALL 
OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HISTORY AND SOCIAL 
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING.  I DO NOT HOWEVER, THINK THAT 
SCHOOL PRAYER SHOULD BE MANDATORY.  IF A GROUP OF KIDS OF ANY 
RELIGION, WANT TO GO OFF IN A CORNER AND SAY PRAYERS, OR SALAAM, OR 
HAIL CAESAR, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED THAT RIGHT.

I DO NOT BEGRUDGE ANYONE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR PEACE.  I EXPECT THE 
SAME COURTESY TO BE EXTENDED TO ME.  I BELIEVE IN "INFINITE 
DIVERSITY" AND "EXTREME TOLERANCE".  I DO NOT EXPECT TO AGREE WITH 
EVERYONE, NOR DO I EXPECT THEM TO AGREE WITH ME.

IF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME WORRYING ABOUT
THEMSELVES, AND A LITTLE LESS TIME TRYING TO FORCE THEIR NEIGHBORS' 
TO COMPLY TO THEIR STANDARDS, WE'D HAVE A MUCH MORE PEACEFUL WORLD TO 
LIVE IN.

MISTER HESTON HAS FORGOTTEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TENETS OF
CHRISTIANITY.  "LIVE AND LET LIVE".  IF HE WERE TO RE-EVALUATE HIS 
OWN BELIEF SYSTEM AND RE-READ HIS SCRIPTS, AND SCRIPTURE, HE WOULD 
FIND THE GRIEVOUS ERRORS IN HIS POSITION.

THE INHERENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT 
ARE WHAT DIVIDES THIS COUNTRY.  THE CONSERVATIVES WANT EVERYONE TO 
CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND CONFORM TO AN ARCHAIC PURITANICAL 
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY.  THE LIBERALS JUST WANT YOU TO BE A RESPONSIBLE 
MEMBER OF THE HUMAN COMMUNITY WHICH RECOGNIZES THE DIFFERENCES IN 
OTHERS.  ONE WISHES CONTROL, THE OTHER WISHES UNDERSTANDING.

TO USE AN UPSETTING EXAMPLE.  ABORTION.  CONSERVATIVES WISH TO 
CONTROL THE SEXUAL PRACTICES AND MORES OF THE POOR.  WHILE THE 
LIBERAL VIEWPOINT MEANS HAVING A CHOICE.  HAVING A CHOICE SOMEHOW 
TRANSLATES TO THE CONSERVATIVES THAT WIDESPREAD RAPE AND PILLAGE 
WILL OCCUR AND PEOPLE WILL CONSTRUCT ABATTOIRS TO RID THEMSELVES OF 
RESPONSIBILITY.  NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.  WOMEN 
FACED WITH RAISING A HYDRO-ENCEPHALIC INFANT, OR A RAPIST'S PROGENY 
ARE DENIED THE RIGHT OF PEACE.  EVERY WOMAN FACED WITH PREGNANCY 
AGONIZES WITH ANY DECISION.

I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT ABORTION IS ANYTHING BUT A NECESSARY EVIL.  
IF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS A LITTLE MORE HUMANE, AND REMOVED IT'S 
RESTRICTIONS REGARDING CONDOMS AND BIRTH CONTROL, AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 
OF UNWANTED CHILDREN WOULD NEVER BECOME REALIZED.  ODDLY ENOUGH, 
THEIR POSITION REGARDING BIRTH CONTROL IS BASED ON A BELIEF THAT 
CHRIST WILL RETURN IN THE FORM OF AN INFANT.  THEY BETTER REREAD 
THEIR SCRIPTURES.  CHRIST IS TO RETURN TO RECLAIM HIS KINGDOM AS AN 
"ENTITY", A FULLY GROWN GOD-SON.  IT IS THE ANTI-CHRIST WHO IS TO BE 
BORN IN THE FORM OF A CHILD!

ALL THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON ALL SOCIETIES.  
I DO NOT PERCEIVE ANY OF THEM TO BE BETTER THAN ANOTHER.  
UNFORTUNATELY THE WORLD-WIDE BICKERING OVER WHOSE GOD IS BETTER THAN 
THE OTHER, IS THE ROOT OF EVERY SINGLE CONFLICT IN THE MODERN WORLD.  
FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TO ISRAEL, TO KOSOVO, TO AFGHANISTAN TO TIBET 
TO ETHIOPIA, EVERYONE THINKS, AND KNOWS THEY ARE RIGHT.  SO THE 
ARGUMENT REDUCES ITSELF TO WHO HAS THE MOST FIREPOWER.  AND WILL 
THIS SETTLE THE QUESTION?  OF COURSE NOT.

ALL RELIGIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT COMMUNITY.  THE LOVE OF 
NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY AND ONE'S GOD.  SMALL CHURCHES ACROSS THIS VAST 
NATION SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES WELL.  THEY OFTEN REPRESENT THE ONLY 
SOCIAL INTERACTION OF THE DISPLACED AND LONELY.  THAT IS WHAT THEY 
ARE FOR.  THEY ARE NOT TO BE MEGA CORPORATIONS LIVING OFF THE DOLE 
OF CORPORATE WELFARE.  THEY ARE NOT TO RALLY THEIR CITIZENRY INTO 
WITCH HUNTS AND STONINGS.  UNFORTUNATELY, HUMAN NATURE IS SUCH THAT 
A SCAPEGOAT, OR JUDAS GOAT, IS ALWAYS EASIER THAN RESPONSIBILITY.

THE NAZIS HAD THE JEWS.  THE SERBS HAVE THE SLAVS.  THE ROMANS HAD 
THE CHRISTIANS.  THE JEWS HAVE THE PALESTINIANS.  THE PROTESTANTS 
HAVE THE CATHOLICS.  THE AMERICANS HAD THE INDIANS, THE BLACKS, THE 
IRISH, THE CHINESE, THE JEWS, AND THE (FILL IN THE BLANK).  IS THIS 
SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF?

REVISIONIST HISTORY IS SOMETIMES PERPLEXING.  THE REASON?  OUR 
GENERATION WAS LIED TO FOR DECADES.  PARTICULARLY AFTER WORLD WAR II.  
OUR GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED A PROGRAM OF PROPAGANDA DURING THE COLD 
WAR, INTENDING TO KEEP THE CITIZENRY IN IGNORANCE.  FORTUNATELY, ONE 
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHTS THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO, IS THE FREEDOM 
OF INFORMATION ACT, WHICH ENTITLES US TO VIEW ANY DOCUMENT IN THE 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED "CLASSIFIED".

MY MOTHER REMINDS ME THAT SHE, AN HONOR STUDENT AT BOSTON PUBLIC 
LATIN SCHOOL, DURING THE 1940'S AND LATER IN COLLEGE, NEVER KNEW 
ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST.  I REMEMBER RECEIVING VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF 
THIS EVENT IN THE SIXTIES.  I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO RESEARCH THIS 
INHUMANITY TO MAN, AND I WAS TERRIFIED.  TERRIFIED BECAUSE I 
REALIZED THIS COULD HAPPEN HERE.

I HAVE BEEN A PEACE ACTIVIST, AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, A CITIZEN OF THE 
WORLD, FOR ALL OF MY LIFE.  I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND, THE TORTURES 
INVESTED UPON OTHERS.  I HAVE SUFFERED SOME OF THESE MYSELF.  I AM 
AN HONEST MAN.  A GOOD SAMARITAN.  I HAVE ALSO HAD MY OWN BATTLES.

I AM ALSO A VETERAN.  THOUGH I WAS A PEACE ACTIVIST DURING THE VIET 
NAM WAR, I STILL FELT IT MY DUTY TO VOLUNTEER.  I WAS FOUND UNFIT 
FOR DUTY AFTER NEARLY THREE MONTHS IN BOOT, GIVEN AN HONORABLE 
DISCHARGE AND SENT PACKING.

WHILE STILL IN "MEDICAL-HOLD" IN BOOT, I EXPERIENCED THE MOST CRUEL, 
INHUMAN DEGRADATIONS THAT ANYONE SHOULD EVER ENDURE.  I LEARNED WHAT 
BODY BAGS WERE, AND WHAT THEY SMELLED LIKE.  I HAVE NIGHTMARES TO 
THIS DAY ABOUT THOSE DEAD HEROES.

OUR WORLD IS NOT A PERFECT PLACE, AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE.  ONE 
THING I KNOW, IS EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, HASN'T 
WORKED.  OUR LIVES ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, CONSTANTLY LEARNING.  
THE ONLY TRULY GOOD THING WE CAN DO IS LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, AND 
STOP REPEATING THEM.

PEOPLE LIKE HESTON AND LIMBAUGH WANT US TO RETURN TO AN EVEN MORE 
BARBARIC PAST.  WHAT THEY WON'T TELL YOU IS THERE IS A WAR GOING ON.  
BUT THAT WAR IS BEING WAGED BY THE WEALTHY AND PRIVILEGED FEW UPON 
THOSE OF US LEAST ABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES.

MISTER HESTON'S CHALLENGE FOR RESISTANCE TO "CHANGE" IS FILLED WITH 
MOCK BRAVADO.  WE WON'T SEE HIM STANDING UP TO THE LAW ANYTIME SOON, 
BUT EVEN IF HE DID, AS ONE OF THAT PRIVILEGED CLASS WHICH LOVES TO 
KEEP US FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES, HE'D GET OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE 
WRIST.  THINK OF OTHERS IN HIS CASTE.  OJ SIMPSON.  DARRYL STRAWBERRY.  
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.  PETE ROSE.  MIKE TYSON.  EVEN THE YOUNG DAUGHTER 
OF MISTER BUSH.

THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN US.  DON'T LISTEN TO 
THEIR PROPAGANDA.  LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, AND YOUR GOD, IF THAT'S YOUR 
WAY.

PHEWWW!  SORRY IF I'VE OFFENDED YOU.  I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR 
YOU, JUST FROM OUR CHATS.

GOOD LUCK, AND BEST WISHES TO YOU AND ALL.

Wayne "The Wizard of Odd" Brown


Hi, Wayne it wasnt about the guns I sent it on it was
about the Rapper and his veiws on things, just think
our younger generation is listening to that and think
it is okay to shoot or rape, that is why I sent it on.
That part is true, if no other. Cheryl


I UNDERSTAND CHERYL.  I CAN'T STAND (C)RAP MUSIC AND I FIND THEIR 
LYRICS DISTURBING.  HOWEVER, AS A GREAT PATRIOTIC FOUNDING FATHER 
(WHOSE NAME ESCAPES ME NOW...), OF OURS ONCE SAID, "I MAY NOT AGREE 
WITH WHAT SOMEONE SAYS, BUT I WILL DEFEND TO THE DEATH, HIS RIGHT 
TO SAY IT!"

THIS SO-CALLED MUSIC WAS BORN IN THE INNER CITIES, WRITTEN BY 
EXTREMELY ANGRY AND DISENFRANCHISED YOUTH.

POOR, WHITE, BLACK, HISPANIC, DROP-OUTS, UNABLE TO GET WORK OTHER 
THAN FAST FOOD EMPLOYMENT, AND FACED WITH THE BASIC QUESTION, 
"SHOULD I DEAL DRUGS AND BECOME WEALTHY LIKE THE FAT CATS OF 
HOLLYWOOD, WASHINGTON AND THE WORLD OF SPORTS; OR SHOULD I MAKE $5 
AN HOUR STRUGGLING IN A GREASY, DYSTOPIAN MCDONALD'S?"

THESE PEOPLE, DEVOID OF NORMAL CHILDHOOD, RAISED IN ABJECT POVERTY, 
OFTEN ON THE STREETS, ARE ALIENATED BY OUR "WASP" SOCIETY.  OF 
COURSE THEY'RE ANGRY.

THIS TYPE OF (C)RAP IS OBNOXIOUS, SHOCKING AND LOUD.  THAT IS THEIR 
POINT.  THEY REPRESENT AN INNER VOICE OF ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AMERICA.

THEY SPEND THEIR LIVES VIEWING "PERFECT PEOPLE" WHO LIVE OUT LIVES 
WITH NO CONFLICT.  WHO DON'T HAVE TO WORK.  WHO ARE SPECIAL.

THEY JUST WANT TO BE SPECIAL, TOO.  ANOREXIC TEEN AGE MODELS, KEN & 
BARBIE EXPECTATIONS OF IMPOSSIBLE BEAUTY, RICH CRIMINALS GETTING 
AWAY WITH MURDER, PUBLIC FIGURES (LEFT & RIGHT), LYING AS FAST AS A 
DOG CAN TROT (THANKS, JUDGE MILLS FOR THAT ONE!).  THIS ANGERS ME 
MORE THAN PROFANITY.

CHARLETON HESTON'S SPEECH WAS AN INCITEMENT TO RIOT, WHICH HE HAS 
THE RIGHT TO MAKE.  WHY ARE THESE KIDS ANY DIFFERENT.  (INCIDENTALLY, 
INCITEMENT TO RIOT IS LIKE CRYING "FIRE" IN A THEATER, AND MAY NOT 
BE PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH.)

THE LYRICS REFERRING TO SHOOTING COPS, GAY BASHING, AND RAPE ARE 
INDEED, DISTURBING.  YET, THESE RAPPERS ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS 
IS OKAY.  WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU 
TAKE AWAY THE CHILD, MAKE HIM SUFFER IN ABJECT POVERTY, AND PUSH HIM 
INTO A CORNER".

SHOOTING COPS?  THAT'S WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHER'S DID WHEN THEY 
REBELLED AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF KING GEORGE.

BASHING GAYS?  THIS HAS LONG BEEN A FAVORITE "RITE" OF PASSAGE IN 
THIS COUNTRY.  IT'S FOSTERED BY THE SAME MENTALITY THAT ALLOWED 
HITLER TO CORRAL THE JEWS.  THE "JUDAS GOAT" AS I MENTIONED IN MY 
LAST TOME.  IT ALSO RELATES PRIMARILY TO, YOUNG MALE'S SEARCH FOR 
THEIR OWN SEXUAL IDENTITY.

RAPE THE WOMEN?  THIS IS THE ULTIMATE STATEMENT OF REBELLING FROM 
THE TRADITIONAL MORES OF SOCIETY.  THEIR ISN'T A MORE SHOCKING RANT 
THAN THE IDEA OF RAPING MOTHERHOOD, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF 
CHILD MOLESTATION.

ODDLY ENOUGH, MOST INNER CITY KIDS, LOVE THEIR MOTHERS.  IT'S THE 
FATHERS THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH.

I AGREE THEIR MUSIC SHOULD BE LABELED ADULT.  UNFORTUNATELY, THAT 
WILL HAVE LITTLE AFFECT ON IT'S DISTRIBUTION.

THE BEST ONE CAN DO IS "TEACH OUR CHILDREN WELL..."  LOVE OUR 
CHILDREN, AND HOPE WE CAN INSTILL IN THEM A TOLERANCE OF OTHER'S 
BELIEFS, AND THE ABILITY TO THINK RATIONALLY.  WE MUST TELL OUR 
CHILDREN THE TRUTH.  NO MORE OF THIS "GROWING UP IN A LOG CABIN AND 
BECAME PRESIDENT STUFF".  TELL THEM TO BE PREPARED FOR A NON-PERFECT 
WORLD.

HOPEFULLY OUR CHILDREN WILL GROW TO BE MORE ABLE TO SEEK THE ANSWERS 
TO SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.

WE HAVE FAILED, BUT DON'T FEEL SHAME.  WE'VE TRIED AND DONE OUR BEST.

MOST OF US ARE NECESSARILY WRAPPED INTO A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.  WE 
DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGES THAT THE WEALTHY ARE AFFORDED.

WE HAVE SEEN THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF "BEING HONEST AND WORKING HARD 
WILL BRING YOU SUCCESS AND WEALTH", GO DOWN THE DRAIN.  POSTERITY IS 
MORE GOVERNED BY LUCK AND DECEIT THAN BY THE MORES WE HOLD SO TRUE.

MOST OF US ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE AN OCCASIONAL CULTURAL BIAS, 
BUT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE PROVERBIAL GOOD SAMARITAN.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR STRENGTH OF WILL AND CHARACTER WILL NEVER ALLOW 
US SUCCESS.  IT REQUIRES GREED AND SELFISHNESS TO ATTAIN WEALTH.  IT 
REQUIRES A PREDATORY NATURE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.  I AGREE THERE MAY 
BE SOME SLIGHT EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE, BUT VERY FEW.

PERHAPS IF WE AFFORDED THE INNER CITY YOUTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND
UNIVERSITY, OR RAISED THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A MORE SUITABLE LEVEL, 
OR TRIED TO SHOW THEM SOME LOVE; THEY'D STOP SINGING ABOUT THESE 
THINGS.

Wayne "The Wizard of Odd" Brown