Re: Trouble at Boston Marathon?
Rhetorical question: Why would someone known to be a chronic letter writer, suddenly decide he wants to up the ante, acquires some ricin, and sends it off in a letter with his name on it?
Over the years, I received my fair share of nutball letters. Generally they run to many pages, type written, single spaced, all caps. You show me a letter like that and I'll show you a letter from a crank.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO ACCUMULATE A LONG LIST OF EXAMPLES OF OLD PIO'S ACTS OF CORRUPTION AND DEPREDATION, THIS LETTER MAY BECOME A BIT MONOTONOUS. HOWEVER, I CLEARLY DO HOPE YOU READ IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH BECAUSE THIS IS A TRUTH THAT OLD PIO'S RANK-AND-FILE FOLLOWERS ARE TOLD BY OLD PIO THAT THEY CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE, LEST THEY GIVE AID AND COMFORT TO THE REST OF US. I BEGIN WITH CRITICAL SEMANTIC CLARIFICATIONS. FIRST, OLD PIO SOMETIMES USES THE WORD "INDISTINGUISHABLENESS" WHEN DESCRIBING HIS REPORTS. BEWARE! THIS IS A BUZZWORD DESIGNED FOR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE.
I, FOR ONE, WOULD NEVER TAKE A JOB WORKING FOR OLD PIO. GIVEN HIS MEPHITIC FIBS, WHO WOULD WANT TO? HE COUNTS CRASS, ABUSIVE FENCE-SITTERS AS HIS FRIENDS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR OLD PIO, THESE ARE HIRED FRIENDS, FALSE FRIENDS, FRIENDS INCAPABLE OF REALIZING FOR A MOMENT THAT IF I SEEM A BIT UNBRIDLED, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM ON HIS OWN LEVEL. I HAVE IN FACT TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS RATHER WIDE OF THE MARK WHEN HE SAID THAT HE IS CUNCTIPOTENT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING TO HIS RESPONSE. I SUPPOSE OLD PIO JUST DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IF HE STOPPED TRYING TO LET ADVANCED WEAPONRY FALL INTO THE HANDS OF JUVENILE ADMINISTRATORS. BUT I DIGRESS. HE'S A QUISQUILIOUS LIAR. LET'S LIST SOME OF HIS MORE NOISOME LIES: FIRST, OLD PIO CLAIMS THAT HE CAN BE TRUSTED TO JUDGE THE REST OF THE WORLD FROM A UNIQUE PERCH OF PURE WISDOM. SECOND, HE INSISTS THAT CHILDREN SHOULD BELONG TO THE STATE. AND THIRD, HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN BRING ABOUT PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY THROUGH VIOLENCE, DECEPTION, OPPRESSION, EXPLOITATION, GRAFT, AND THEFT. I PRESENTED THAT LIST TO GET YOU TO SEE THAT WE MUST STOP TIPTOEING AND BEGIN MARCHING BOLDLY AND FORTHRIGHTLY TOWARDS OUR GOAL, WHICH IS TO GET OLD PIO OFF OUR BACKS.
WHILE PERHAPS OFFENSIVE TO SOME READERS, ONLY A DIRECT QUOTE CAN FULLY CONVEY THE SPITEFUL NATURE AND CONTENT OF OLD PIO'S PROTESTS: "ATTENTION, TOADIES! YOUR ORDERS ARE TO STRAP US DOWN WITH A NETWORK OF RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND TO DO SO AT ANY COST." PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE'S AN ISCARIOTIC BLAGGARD BORN EVERY MINUTE. I CHALLENGE HIM TO MOVE FROM HIS BROAD DEROGATORY GENERALIZATIONS TO SPECIFIC INSTANCES TO PROVE OTHERWISE. OLD PIO LIVES IN A WORLD OF PRIVILEGED EMOTION DEVOID OF ANY CONNECTABLE EMPIRICAL DOTS. INTERESTINGLY, OLD PIO DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THAT. THERE IS A PROPER PLACE IN LIFE FOR HATRED. HATRED OF THAT WHICH IS WRONG IS A POWERFUL AND VALUABLE TOOL. BUT WHEN OLD PIO PERVERTS HATRED IN ORDER TO CULTIVATE AN UNHEALTHY SENSE OF VICTIMHOOD, IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT MY LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO DEFY THE INTERNATIONAL ENSLAVEMENT OF ENTIRE PEOPLES. UNFORTUNATELY, MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE. AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, IF YOU CAN GO MORE THAN A MINUTE WITHOUT HEARING OLD PIO TALK ABOUT ABSOLUTISM, YOU'RE EITHER DEAF, DUMB, OR IN A SERIOUS CASE OF DENIAL.
AS IT TURNS OUT, OLD PIO'S WORSHIPPERS RESIST SEEING THAT OLD PIO'S CAJOLERIES OBFUSCATE ANY ATTEMPT TO LOCATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEANS OF POWER. THEY RESIST SEEING SUCH THINGS BECAUSE TO SEE THEM, TO EXAMINE THEM, TO THINK ABOUT THEM AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THEM IS TO FOSTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. IN PURELY POLITICAL TERMS, I WELCOME OLD PIO'S COMMENTS. HOWEVER, OLD PIO NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT HE MAINTAINS THAT EITHER HE CAN IGNORE RULES, LAWS, AND PROTOCOL WITHOUT REPERCUSSION OR THAT NARCISSISM IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF SOCIETY. OLD PIO DENIES ANY OTHER POSSIBILITY. I, NOT BEING ONE OF THE MANY UNBALANCED POWER BROKERS OF THIS WORLD, DO NOT WISH TO EVALUATE RACIALISM HERE, THOUGH I CONTEND THAT OLD PIO'S VIEW IS THAT EVERY FEATHERLESS BIPED, REGARDLESS OF INTELLIGENCE, PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT, MORAL CHARACTER, SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, OR SANITY, SHOULD BE GIVEN THE POWER TO LEAD AN ACTIVE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. IF OLD PIO'S DICTATORIAL ADHERENTS HAD ANY MORAL OR INTELLECTUAL TRAINING, SUCH A POSITION WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE RENDERED REVOLTING TO THEIR BETTER FEELINGS.
WE MUST REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WITH THE MESSAGE THAT I HAVE NEVER READ REASONING MORE ABSURD OR SOPHISTRY MORE GROSS THAN THAT USED BY OLD PIO TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT HE IS OMNIPOTENT. WE MUST ALERT PEOPLE OF THAT. WE MUST EDUCATE THEM. WE MUST INSPIRE THEM. AND WE MUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO MOST PEOPLE. REGARDLESS OF THE PAST AS RECKLESS OF THE FUTURE, THE PRESENT ALONE INFLUENCES HIS ACTIONS. THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO RESPOND TO OLD PIO'S CLAIM THAT TRUTH IS MERELY A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT. UNFORTUNATELY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OLD PIO'S BACKGROUND, EDUCATION, AND INTELLIGENCE, I AM QUITE SURE THAT OLD PIO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MY RESPONSE. HENCE, LET ME SAY SIMPLY THIS: OLD PIO FREQUENTLY RESORTS TO SKOTISON TO OBSCURE HIS DESIRE TO COMPOSE PAEANS TO MAOISM. IN THIS CASE, ONE CANNOT HELP BUT RECALL THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OLD PIO WILL FOSTER SUSPICION—IF NOT HATRED—OF "OUTSIDERS" IN A LUSTRUM OR TWO. BELIEVE ME, I WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING I OWN TO BE WRONG ON THAT POINT, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT OLD PIO'S STATEMENTS SUCH AS "UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS MUST CONFORM THEIR THESES AND CONCLUSIONS TO OLD PIO'S BUMPTIOUS PREJUDICES IF THEY WANT TO PUBLISH PAPERS AND ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS" INDICATE THAT WE'RE NOT ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME SET OF FACTS. FORTUNATELY, THESE FACTS ARE EASILY VERIFIABLE WITH A TRIP TO THE LIBRARY BY ANY OPEN AND HONEST INDIVIDUAL.
OLD PIO HAS REMARKED THAT BIG EMOTIONS COME FROM BIG WORDS. THIS IS A COMMENT THAT SHOULD CHILL THE SPINE OF ANYONE WITH MORAL CONVICTIONS. TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND I'LL SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU. FOR STARTERS, LAST SUMMER, I ATTEMPTED WHAT I KNEW WOULD BE A HOPELESS TASK. I TRIED TO CONVINCE OLD PIO THAT HE HAS A WELL-EXERCISED CONTEMPT FOR OTHER CULTURES. AS I EXPECTED, OLD PIO WAS UNCONVINCED. IT HAS LONG BEEN OBVIOUS TO ATTENTIVE OBSERVERS THAT HE HAS COME VERY CLOSE TO MAKING ME LEAVE THE COUNTRY. BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT OLD PIO IS A WALKING BROCHURE FOR IMMORALISM? OLD PIO DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN OBSERVE A DEFINITE BIAS IN HIS CIRCULARS RELATING TO APOLAUSTIC PHILOSOPHASTERS, AND EVERYONE WITH HALF A BRAIN UNDERSTANDS THAT.
OLD PIO TAKES A PERVERSE PLEASURE IN WATCHING PEOPLE SCURRY ABOUT LIKE RATS IN A MAZE, NEVER QUITE MANAGING TO DOLE OUT ACERBIC CRITICISM OF OLD PIO AND HIS PHALANX OF FECKLESS FLUNKIES. SO PLEASE PERMIT ME TO APPROPRIATE AND PARAPHRASE SOMETHING I ONCE HEARD: "OLD PIO'S BLATANT INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS IS DUE TO INTENSE MISUNDERSTANDING, SUSPICION, AND FEAR." WHAT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO SCUTTLE HIS PERFIDIOUS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE BARGAINS WITH THE DEVIL? THE ANSWER IS EDUCATION—THE REAL THING, NOT THE SELF-SATISFIED, ODIOUS FACSIMILE THAT OLD PIO PROMOTES IN ORDER TO INCREASE ALIENATION AND DELINQUENCY AMONG OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MANY OF OUR PROBLEMS WOULD BE SOLVED IF ONLY MORE PEOPLE WERE EDUCATED TO LEARN THAT OLD PIO HAS DECLARED THAT HE'S STAGING A REVOLT AGAINST EVERYONE WHO DARES TO WORK TOGETHER IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDSHIP AND HOPE. OLD PIO IS REVOLTING ALL RIGHT; THE VERY SIGHT OF HIM TURNS MY STOMACH. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, IF I HAD TO CHOOSE THE MOST STIFF-NECKED SPECIMEN FROM HIS WELTER OF CONCEITED GABBLE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HIS CLAIM THAT GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF WORKING IS THE SAME AS WORKING.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND OLD PIO IS THAT OLD PIO WANTS TO GLORIFY SPLENETIC, SUPPRESSIVE, MURDEROUS GOVERNMENTS AS THE IDEOLOGICALLY CORRECT ALTERNATIVE TO ALL OTHER POSSIBILITIES. I, ON THE OTHER HAND, WANT TO PERFORM NOBLE DEEDS. WHILE YOU OR I MIGHT FIND IT NATURAL TO WANT TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE TOUGH ANSWERS, IN PUBLIC, OLD PIO PROMISES THAT HE'D NEVER MAKE EMPTY PROMISES. IN PRIVATE, HOWEVER, HE SECRETLY TELLS HIS COHORTS THAT HE'LL DO EXACTLY THAT. I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE: IT'S CALLED BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR OLD PIO.
BY ALLOWING OLD PIO TO INTENSIFY OR PERPETUATE STOICISM, WE ARE ALLOWING HIM TO PLAY PUPPET MASTER. HE HAD PROMISED US LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND FRATERNITY. INSTEAD, OLD PIO GAVE US ADVERSARIALISM, PRESENTEEISM, AND PROPAGANDISM. I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING, ESPECIALLY SINCE IF OLD PIO'S THINKING WERE CEREBRAL RATHER THAN GLANDULAR, HE WOULDN'T CONSIDER IT SUCH A GOOD IDEA TO SHAKE BELIEF IN ALL EXISTING INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE SYSTEMATIC PERVERSION OF BOTH CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL FACTS.
OLD PIO'S DESIRE TO DRAG EVERYTHING THAT IS TRULY GREAT INTO THE GUTTER IS THE CHIEF SIGN THAT HE'S AN UNPROFESSIONAL LITTERBUG. (THE SECOND SIGN IS THAT OLD PIO FEELS OBLIGED TO MANIPULATE THE PUBLIC LIKE A PUPPET DANGLING FROM STRINGS.) IF HIS CROTCHETY, UNSOPHISTICATED REMARKS BECAME MORE WIDESPREAD, IT WOULD SPELL THE RUINATION OF THIS COUNTRY. THE TAKE-AWAY MESSAGE OF THIS LETTER IS THAT OLD PIO IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY. THINK ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER LETTER A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, IN THE WAKE OF A SOCIETY TORN APART BY OLD PIO'S UNSYMPATHETIC DISSERTATIONS, REMINDING YOU THAT YOU WERE WARNeD.
-dxmnkd316
P.S. I AM NOT A CRACKPOT.
