hey ginger, many of us had to fight for our sanity in such places, being told that black is white if i say it's so, compelled to confess crimes we hadn't yet committed, to accept as normal and beneficent the cruelty of our captors, the whole ugly enchilada. it is a 'normal' response to a pathologic situation to begin to develop confrontation to defend the self. anything but madness became our doctrine, which can become madness all by itself.
It's a prison mentality. ever wonder why prisoners develop it?
Some personalities just don't 'pack the gear' to get beyond that , to ever question themselves as to what is right and what tis wrong, what's true and what's not. We have a shining example right here on this forum.
also , ginger please don't forget that we have lived, grown up in, a time when intellectual honesty has gone by the way. That also makes very difficult the confrontation of evil, in whatever guise. I have acquiaintences who are international in their lives, wealthy, the product of elite schools ( it's a difficult association, I'm the blue collar redneck they love to hate, the man they depend on when things go wrong, the abortionist, if you will, they hate me because they need me) Any way , these 'Elite' well, their education is broad but not deep, they will tell you, if you have extraordinary patience, as i do, that they have no particular allegiance to fact, that they serve a 'Higher truth". I'm sure you've heard much the same rap in differing form. these are hard times, so seek first the fact, if you're lucky, the truth will follow.
