You’ve taken one man and you put him in front of you.
And you put him in the newspaper for every day.
With something to focus on, with something to look at.
It’s interesting!
And they make him very very very exciting.
A devil of every type in description.
Everyone’s nightmares.
Everyone’s boogeyman…
Everyone’s boogeyman
Exorcize by Seabound
Let's cheer the killing of the man who hasn't figured into politics for seven years now. We call him a mastermind, but he is best known for catching us with our pants down. A one-hit wonder. We sing for his demise but the artifacts of our obsession with him will linger: the Patriot Act, the TSA, the DHS, and the military budget. Only after the security theatre act is dropped will I believe this is anything more than barbarism. A good ol' public lynching.
That boogeyman was getting old, anyways. We need a new one now. Someone to dress up like a fine little devil. Let's deify a new evil. Let's make him sharp this time and let's give him a voice. We're too smart to be fooled by a VHS recording, give us someone we can really fear. Maybe then we'll trust you to make the decisions that are best for us. And we'll thank you for helping us sleep. Counting those sheep jumping over the barb-wire fence.
I don't think he was a one hit wonder, you're forgetting US Embassies in Africa, USS Cole, at the minimum.
ReplyDeleteGhaddafi will happily take the flag im sure. He's the bogeyman these days, albeit an easier target.
ReplyDeleteGhaddafi (or however you prefer spelling it) certainly knows how to put together a crazy rant, I'll give him that.
ReplyDeleteMeh, I'll cheer anyway.
ReplyDeleteAmen, brother. This is a non-issue for anyone with a brain.
ReplyDeleteI think the big deal comes from the fact that people like to have someone they can point fingers at, someone to take the fall and be the 'devil', and then to have that fairy-tale ending where the big bad is killed, and peace and good and triumph reign. They're so desperate for it that they'll celebrate that 'boogeyman's' downfall even when they've probably barely cast him a thought in recent years. Because it means they're fairytale ideals still exist.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit, I was more amused by it than anything. And about the whole fairy-tale 'the big bad is dead'. I made a joke on one of my blogs about it, and was accused of it being very tasteless. *shrug* I stand by it. I think there's a lot more important 'big bads' to be worrying about than a man who spent the last 7 years hiding like a coward.