In America, I have come to the conclusion that we are all living in a voyeuristic society. It is not just AmeriKKKans for David Duke, the reverse-Mensa society who once believed that Dan Quayle was the ideal choice as a vice president or that George W. Bush would make a good Leader of the Free World; the bozos who believe Rush Limbaugh, Ann(e) Coulter or Sean Hannity are sages of our age; or even Eyewitness Nudes. It is every one of us. Americans are drawn to lurid subjects and sordid details of other people's despairs, miseries, misfortunes, and tragedies, like buzzards are drawn to carrion or moths are drawn to flames. (to be cont'd)
[The original version of this essay originally appeared in Eastern Connecticut State University's Campus Lantern student newspaper in the early '90s and as part of my unpublished manuscript "In Mediocrity We Trust... In Debt We Die" And Other Essays]
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