I've been watching the news lately and shaking my head in disbelief. How did the US go from being the most advanced nation on earth to the levels of absurdity we see in the news these days in a matter of a few short years?

Then it occurs to me—the War on Terror is what happened to us. It has become an excuse for the most outrageous madness ever conceived by man on an ongoing basis.

If you have any intelligence at all, you have got to wonder, "who are those Terrorist extremists and where did they come from?" By the same token, one wonders, "who are those bureaucrats who are constantly raising terrorist threat levels and waging war against the terrorists, and where did they come from?" Who are these fruitcakes and, more significantly, why do we give them so much importance in our day-to-day lives?

The reality is that they are two opposite sides of the exact same coin—two facets of the same brain-dead mentality. In fact, one might even wonder whether the whole war on terror is some sort of mutually agreed-upon strategy amongst all the brain-dead, unimaginative authoritarians in the world, on different sides of the aisle, to hold all the Creative, imaginative, Productive Members of society hostage to their inane agendas.

Basically, think about it—the average terrorist is a brain-dead lowlife who is encouraged not to think for themselves and blindly to obey and follow the (insane) dictates of their superiors. Similarly, the average bureaucrat is also a mindless authoritarian, lacking in imagination or the capacity for creative thinking, and encouraged blindly to obey the authorities and follow the orders of their superiors. Frankly, I would not be surprised if, when peace finally does come to Iraq and Afghanistan, the very same people who were once terrorists for Al Quaeda and the Taliban will get hired as bureaucrats in the emerging political systems in those countries. And they will probably do just great at their new jobs—because both professions require pretty much the same mindset and mentality, namely, brain-dead lack of imagination and total subservience to figures of authority.

So the question on my mind is: "When will the rest of us finally wise up to this con game being perpetrated on us? When will the productive members of society—the truly creative, imaginative thinkers and doers—finally hold the brain-dead, unimaginative, authoritarian crowd accountable for the crimes that they have perpetrated and continue to perpetrate on the rest of us? Or do we just sit back and allow this shameful con game to continue indefinitely—terrorism on the one hand and human rights violations on the other hand?"

Horizon Cybermedia is dedicated to expanding our minds through art and culture—to awakening us from the stupor that is, apparently, sucking us into a never-ending, mindless cycle of retributive violence—and enabling us to appreciate the finer things in life.

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Wishing you the very best,

Uday Gunjikar,
Founder and CEO,
Horizon Cybermedia, Inc.