The movie Minority Report makes for comparative commentary
here. Originally published in the Gainesville Times, December 6, 1988, Prof. Taylor
speaks to the notion of Pre-Crime and a police state where psychological
profiling is a practice compelled on all citizens.
Oh, and please excuse the typos. I think Dad’s editor was
having an off day. See? That’s an example of external loci. As much as I loathe
them, I’ve caught typos and other grammatical errors in at least 90% of the
professionally-produced publications I’ve read. Mistakes happen to the best of
us, and it makes me feel just a little better about myself when I, on such a rare occasion, happen to catch one. Tee hee!
I’m somehow reminded of Dr. Leland Goines’
(Christopher Plummer) lamentation of psychiatry in the 1996 movie, 12 Monkeys. Kidding aside, it seems our society is always in danger of creeping away from freedom in the name of some emergency.
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