We’ve always known of GUILT BY ASSOCIATION.<\/p>\n
If you are too close to a crime, or too close to a criminal, or too closely associated with a criminal, you could very well find yourself guilty and blamed in part for a crime.<\/p>\n
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In recent decades we’ve observed the rise of GUILT BY ACCUSATION.<\/p>\n
If you are accused of being controlling or harassing, you are likely assumed to be guilty first, with great difficulty to prove innocence.<\/p>\n
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The facts of current reality demonstrate increased GUILT BY ACCUSER.<\/p>\n
If you are guilty, your best shot for keeping your freedom and your neck is to get the media to cover your story blaming somebody else or something else.<\/p>\n
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While I am totally serious about the above, I must add a lighter twist now three days later, compliments of my wonderful border collie dog, Buddy.<\/p>\n
He is close to ten years old now, and he recently perfected the fine art of begging for something when I’m eating.<\/p>\n
You probably know the routine—he lays his head on my leg, gently, then firmly, and looks up at me.<\/p>\n
He locks into eye contact that does the number on me—and that, my friends, is GUILT BY ADMIRATION.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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