A fable for our times;

Torpitude is a word that merely means "a sleeping state." It makes for an amusing homophone on the "turpitude," of the legally cited "moral turpitude."

A curious turpitude we can observe is hard to state without a "compare and contrast" operation almost biblical in its application.

Policemen, good or bad, are generally competent to do their job. The blue wall does not prevent retribution for bad acting, and behind bars they are regarded as "those who knew better," as well as hypocrites of the first water.

Drug Dealers and Gang Bangers also display a kind of Darwinian competence. The old saw about "honor among thieves," cites the reluctance of those otherwise unmitigated by law, to "start something," without the available political permission stated "he had good cause."

By contrast, Politicians are uninhibited in doing harm in ways that evade our willing contemplation. We commonly speak evil of Politicians and Lawyers, like Cretans of Bible fame. [It's not a paradox, but I'll leave the syntax lesson for another day.] I am not alluding to a mere low opinion, or disrespect. I mean that by contemplating the following illustration, you may find yourself so bereft of hope for their redemption that you turn to things like cereal boxes for inspiration.

For this illustration, coin a genetically engineered virus worse than HIV/AIDS, that has an anti-dote similar in conception to the code-breaking box in the movie "Sneakers." Put this in the hands of CIA conspirators, and we imagine World Leaders being infected; put it in the hands of Policemen and we imagine the Mafia being tortured; put it the hands of those same Mafia, and we really expect them to self regulate with shocking violence that only they would employ.

Let's now compare our real opinion of Genus Politician. Write your own joke. Put it in the hands of a Politician and what do you REALLY expect?

Despair is a luxury we cannot afford. Apathy and Negligence are Epidemic.

Infect TRUTH!