ALL-CAPS CONFESSIONS #1

I DID SOMETHING WRONG. I SHOT A MAN IN RENO, JUST TO WATCH HIM DIE. I WAS UNDER THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE, EVEN LAUDABLE BEHAVIOR IN OUR SOCIETY. I KNOW NOW THAT IT WAS WRONG. I REALIZE THAT I HAD BEEN MISLED BY CERTAIN INFLUENCES IN OUR CULTURE. CERTAIN EXAMPLES IN CINEMA, IN MUSIC - INFLUENCES WHICH IT NOW TURNS OUT WERE WRONG. NOW, I MUST PAY THE PRICE.

IS IT RIGHT THAT I BE MADE TO PAY THE PRICE? YES BY DEFINITION IT IS RIGHT. I ACCEPT THE PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT I DID BY MY OWN HAND.

YET WE NEED TO EXAMINE THE CAUSES. THE CAUSES SHOULD NOT BE LET OFF THE HOOK SO LIGHTLY. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY - BUT SO SHOULD SOCIETY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. SOCIETY IS A HYPOCRITE - ONE MAN IS LIONIZED, ANOTHER LAMBASTED - YET WERE BOTH EQUALLY WRONG?

ARGUABLY.

ARGUABLY.