A call for Moderation

20-March-2005 | Ron Pickrell

[cyn]

>>>>> Terri had to be killed in order to justify killing her.

That's it in a nutshell, to hear michael and felos tell it. Clearly there's more, much more, to it than that, but that's what they are saying, isn't it.

[pickrell]

I can't argue your point. We may be approaching what I would call the "torches and pitchforks" moment, where an uprising of the people, as expressed through a march such as Jim Robinson is organizing, is necessary to stop this outrageous judicial assumption of power. But it has to be done smartly. My problem is, that once such a movement is started- it is absolutely imperative that it succeeds. You don't strike at a king unless you know the blow will succeed. A second or a third upswell will have much less impact on the national level. Therefore, we need to make sure our ducks are all in a row. If we have 99 facts correct, and 1 "fact" wrong, the opposition will trumpet that 1 wrong "fact" across the media to drown out all coverage of the 99 true facts. We've all seen the tactic, and we need to prepare for it. Every fact presented, when this protest occurs, must be thoroughly and absolutely vetted and provable. The "evidence" must be not only compelling, but far more crucial- it must be un-discountable. It must survive a media trashing, and a media embargo. If the "fact" is not that hard, it may not only be unhelpful, but may quite easily be turned against us. To restrain the power of an out-of-control judiciary is not a "beachhead unopposed". The ones who can only see their agenda advanced by judicial fiat will not sit by idly. This will be a big battle. Our powder has to be dry. If we misfire, we will lose. And we may lose more than just credibility on this issue.