The crematorium has been burning bodies for years

[kenny blankenship]

13. Exactly: we've all been smelling that smell for years now. We've all known what it means.

We knew, despite the authorities never explaining in graphic detail what was going on beyond that fence. And if we didn't all know it, some of us were just not paying attention, and if we never talked about it, it doesn't mean we were terrified to be heard discussing it. And if the authorities never drew us a picture and submitted their plan for our approval, it doesn't necessarily mean they omitted to do this because they knew what they were doing was a violation of some hardly used, moldy arcane bit of forgotten legal text.

It's been going on for a long time now, and no one objected. And there's nothing wrong with letting omission, secrecy and intimidation govern our national decision making process. Not everything has to be explained and understood. Not every law has to be published. Not every arrest has to be announced. Sometimes the authorities just have to tell people to shut their mouths and close their eyes if they know what's good for them. If you're not doing something wrong you'll have nothing to fear.