john mack, harvard prof

Resisting the Politics of Fear
by John E. Mack, M.D.
September 13, 2004

"Some of us are awakening to the danger of the politics of fear. Voices are being raised in opposition. Catharine Gamboa of Baltimore writes to the editor, "I refuse to allow myself to be terrorized and blatantly manipulated by these ominous drumbeats," and Steve Mavros of Philadelphia declares he is "sick and tired of living in fear" and of "alerts telling me whether or not I can walk outside (New York Times September 9, p. A32). Kasey Hrehocik, a senior at Poteet High School in Texas wrote a paper opposing the "fear mongering" to which she had been exposed. "When we allow fear to override societal defenses that hold our ideals and values together," she warned, "we allow our home, America, to become a garbage-littered swamp filled with manipulations and lies."

But scattered voices like those of these brave people must be joined by a swelling tide of resistance. The misuse of fear to control our minds should become a central focus of our national consciousness, and students at every level of our educational system need to be taught to recognize the signs of this corrosive strategem. Only in this way, I believe, will we be able to preserve our national values and integrity, and make the intelligent choices upon which genuine security and fulfillment depend."



John Mack, psychiatrist, was born on October 4, 1929. He died on September 27, 2004, aged 74,
2 weeks after this was published


http://www.passporttothecosmos.com/091304resistingpoliticsoffear.html

This all sounds too familiar doesn't it.

People have forgotten the ability to think for themselves.

May John RIP