I Think The Thing HAD to Happen -- and Something Triggered, The Occasion.

“ I wanna add that : History show us that NUTS are not the •only• ones capable of Evil Deeds — That Gentlemen of Principle and Power, and Genteel Manner, can  arrive at Very GRIM Decisions —

If They commit crimes, it’s not because they harbour murky, or perverse impulses, but because they feel •compelled• to deal with The  Dangers to their Way of Life.

This doesn’t mean that They are motivated by purely financial reasons — although, that is a very reason consideration, I think  — but They equate their vital interests with the wellbeing of their Society and The Nation : — in this case, the wellbeing of The Cause of Southern Rights.

And far from being immoral, or unscrupulous, they are individuals of Principles that are SO lofty, as to elevate Them above the restraints of ordinary morality —

They don’t act on sudden impulse — The Feeling grows amongst Them that ‘Something Must Be DONE — Something That is Best for All.’; that ‘The Situation is Becoming Intolerable.’

They move gradually towards The Position..... the change is gradual, and yet so compelling that when They •arrive• at their decision, They’re no-longer shocked by the extreme measures that They are willing to employ —

The Execution of The Unsavory Deed is made all-the-easier by delegating it’s commission down to more lower-level operatives.

Most of The Evil — most of The Evil in HISTORY is perpetrated, not by monsters or by LONE psychotics, but by Men of Responsibility and Commitment, whose most unsettling aspect is the •apparent• normality of their deportment..... 

It’s like, Child Molesters, we’re finding.....!

‘There’s Danger in The Stranger’ — it’s not The Stranger, we find, that you wanna watch out for...... “

— Michael Parentii

Huey Long: Share the Wealth

“Well, I just thought he was just a swell man 

and he done a lot for

The State of Louisiana.

He built Our Bridges,

he built Our Highways.

And one time he come to Morgan City

and made a speech

and somebody asked him

why he was bringing so much

outside labour in there.

He said, 

"Well, when these people teach us Cajuns

How to Build Bridges, we'll start building them ourself,

and we'll send them back."

So... and he was just swell all the way around, that's all I can say.

I would say that Huey Long was A Good Man -- 

He helped The Poor.

And he wrote a book -- 

My First Days in the White House.

And if they wouldn't have killed him

I believe he would be president --

Because he was smart.

Well, now, everybody loved him.

That's why.

There's nobody hated him.

No poor people ever hated him."

"I can't remember any Saturday night 

that I went anywhere that we didn't talk

about killing Huey Long.

It was the normal conversation.

I suppose that the very strong pro-Long people

weren't talking that way, but the antis certainly.

It doesn't mean you meant to do it.

It just meant that you wished that there was some way to rid The State of this --

Incubus.

"The atmosphere was so thick and so tense that I've always said that

while there was no conspiracy

and no specific plan to assassinate Huey Long

I think The Thing HAD to happen

and something triggered The Occasion."