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Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Hi philo-friends,
Today we all experience an existential adventure. One from the Lincoln Nebraska Zone. In this open ended yet radically closed, ending event (or was it?), I learned of the importance of “you don’t know until you go”. Philosophy requires these things. So where are my strong minded, my “running backs?!” In this case I went to a State Prison. No, I was not sentenced by the court. No, I was not in trouble, except, perhaps, philosophically. I asked to see the launch pad. The “chamber”. After sizing me up, they agreed. We walked, me between two friendly and giant guards, down that last hall to where everything ends and begins. This is where they threw the switch on Starkweather: Inventor (reinventor?) of random mass-murder. Along with Ms. Fugate. In an uncertain pattern of other tours, with my two guards, we ended up in a room where a prison psychologist wanted to evaluate me. We all know what “evaluate” means. To determine your value. Our conversation was easily turned around to his own value. Two can play. And we parted as, strangely, friends. But did I make it to the parking lot or not?
So who was Charles Starkweather? Dig deep. Some of you may recognize "Natural Born Killers" written by Quinton Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone is based on the Starkweather murder spree. Mickey and Mallory are Starkweather and his Girlfriend. Ah, now you know...Lincoln Nebraska; you're welcome, I guess. I find it horrific.
Cheers~
Dr. Lee Basham
PS. Please behave.
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/charles-starkweather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iir_xAbt-ak&t=206s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C557XEGrjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcwUKptEpyw
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