Fake

I finally hit a red light at a particular intersection with a bus-stop today. An interesting poster is posted there and i'd wanted to read the grey-scale fine print for a while.

It said:

FAKE
Use steroids. Get caught. Become one.

I think the message misses the point. If you use steroids you are a fake whether you get caught or not. The difference being caught makes is that every one else now knows that you are a fake. Maybe this means we've fully made the transition from a guilt culture (not psychological burden guilt, but broke the law guilt) to a shame culture (it only counts if i get caught).

That's a sad place to be. For one thing, we don't have enough police to track down everything, and for another, i don't think any of us would want to live in such a police state. Who would catch the police, to keep them from being evil? The media? Right. That works so well now, doesn't it.

Yup. Much better to do what is right, even when no one is looking, and pay it forward.