it's a culture of impunity, but only for those in power, for the rest it's a culture of unlimited freedom as long as you can evade those in power. i guess i was blessed by that cop who accosted me for she only used her filthy hands and not her immaculate bullets. we hate to say we are lucky we're not black or arab but that's the way of the empire of democracy. i could be feeding the ornamental trees on the newly buttressed point, even.