Letters to the Editor
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We are all Roger Thornhill
In North by Northwest, Cary Grant is mistaken for the non-existent Mr. Kaplan. Leo G. Carroll as a shadowy spymaster dispassionately exploits this mistaken identity. What would have happened to Carroll's character, the Professor, if his callous disregard for an innocent had been uncovered? In Mission Impossible, every episode begins with a disclaimer that Peter Graves' team will be disavowed if their activities are discovered.
What wusses are the current spymasters, the current chickenshit administration? To require their every outrageous and immoral action to be reclassified as within the bounds of legal propriety? Suck it up! Be a man! ...Or is it possible that they understand in their oh-so-pure heart-of-hearts that their behavior is reprehensible, their actions indefensible, their souls indelibly marked by these acts of pure evil? Their mothers would be so proud.
So, the spymasters are relying on Psychologists instead of Psychiatrists to avoid the entanglements of the Hippocratic Oath. Shouldn't the immediate follow-up question be to ask whether they are also using Chiropractors and other non-sworn medical personnel to reverse engineer somatic torture techniques? After all, who knows the limits of human stength and stamina better than those who labor in fields such as physical therapy and endurance training?
I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief.
Talk about self-actualization...