It happens all the time. Authorities take some action which is clearly out of proportion to whatever has allegedly happened. Other people report on the incident, generating a lot of negative publicity. In response to the calls from the public, the authorities explain that there is more to the story. Those authorities then tell us that there is more “information” they neglected to mention before, and they spout of a story that sounds like a six-year-old’s excuse for why they didn’t break that lamp whose broken pieces they are standing over. Other people then repeat the excuses from the authorities as if said excuses were independently verified facts. Those of us who raised concerns about the original action are told to let it go, because “there’s more to the story.

Of course there’s more to the story. There always is. But like all things in life 95% of the “more” is either pure b.s. or irrelevant… Continue reading Of course there’s more to the story →