Reply #73: You are hitting on something that I was thinking...

[marions ghost]

You say that some who KNOW that crimes likely happened --still do not believe there is anything that can be done about it.
So they are accepting a powerless state--they assume that all the avenues to justice have been closed and that any form of dissent is a waste of time. I really wonder just how many of these people might be out there and how much they might be victims of a kind of psychology of the downtrodden. A survival mechanism.

Is this different from hiding from reality out of fear?
Does this mean they just don't believe in the ideals of our system any more? They are beyond fear. They are willing participants.

I guess I'm talking about people who still sort of participate in the system, but really have no faith in the lofty ideals of ethics and responsibility in government. Are we so far gone that justice and honesty just seem unrealistic? Are more people willing to cheat? The ends justifies the means is fine, as long as you dont get caught. Has this become the pervasive mode? Or is that too cynical? I really don't know....

QUOTE from Old Mouse #56: The drab trail of corporate fraud leaves us bored and unresponsive. Enron was the largest crime in American history, but we all know more about Scott Peterson. How many would prefer this emphasis by the media?