discussion naturally progresses towards the question, "What is it about our society that makes brazen usurers like Gay Keith desire to resolve a moral failure with an immoral solution?" Any honest person who takes the time to think about that question will be forced to conclude that it will not be easy to criticize his ideals publically for their formalistic categories, their spurious claims of neutrality, and their blindness to the abuse of private power. Nevertheless, we must attempt to do exactly that, for the overriding reason that I overheard one of Gay Keith's disciples say, "People are pawns to be used and manipulated." This quotation demonstrates the power of language, as it epitomizes the "us/them" dichotomy within hegemonic discourse. As for me, I prefer to use language to address a number of important issues. Regardless of what Gay Keith seems to suspect, the word "honesty" does not exist in his vocabulary. Within a short period of time, he might be diagnosed with a special type of mental illness that is not yet recognized. But for now, be aware that I didn't want to talk about this. I really didn't. But I am now in a position to define what I mean when I say that this is a fine example of what I've been talking about. What I mean is that all the deals Gay Keith makes are strictly one-way. Gay Keith gets all the rights, and the other party gets all the obligations. While we may all pray for a perfect utopian world in which everyone is holding hands and singing "We Are the World" in perfect harmony, the blunt reality is that it's ludicrous to believe that law and order can be maintained by letting Gay Keith's acolytes force us to adopt rigid social roles that compromise our inner code of ethics. You may have detected a hint of sarcasm in the way I phrased that last statement, but I assure you that I am not exaggerating the situation. Woe to the uninformed slumlords who reduce human beings and many other living organisms to en...
