Seraphita wrote: (snip) > Although we all know that the story has gone viral because of its > sensationalistic > aspects, the fact that agents of the law can subject a free-born citizen to > such an > outrage is a symptom of a spiritual malaise in the body politic. That's one way to look at it. Another way is that it would not have gone viral in the first place if so many people across the country--not just in the "body politic" of the county in New Mexico in which it happened--hadn't found it an outrage:
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_24470334/cost-anal-probe-done-at-gila-regional-medical http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_24470334/cost-anal-probe-done-at-gila-regional-medical
