MY PARAPHRASING, THOSE WHO HAVE ABANDONED THE QUEST FOR "WHAT SOCIETY VALUES" ARE RELENTLESSLY PURSUED TO THEIR HAUNTS BY A SOCIETY INSISTENT UPON HAVING ALL ITS MEMBERS ORIENT THEMSELVES TO "THE SOCIALLY CORRECT VALUES." (P. 154)

"THE POLICE ARE ONLY THE AGENTS OF SOCIETY AND AS SUCH MUST AND WILL FOLLOW ITS DICTATES. ROBERT LINDNER, PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR OF THE FIFTY-MINUTE HOUR, FUTS IT THIS WAY: 'BECAUSE THESE (HOMOSEXUAL) DESIRES ARE SEXUAL AND OUR CIVILIZATION IS ESSENTIALLY ANTI-SEXUAL, AND BECAUSE THESE DESIRES CAN BE GRATIFIED ONLY IN A HIGHLY PARTICULARIZED FASHION CONSIDERED INIMICAL TO ITS VERY STRUCTURE, SOCIETY RESPONDS TO THEM IN A MANNER THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS UNCOMPROMISINGLY HOSTILE.' (MUST WE CONFORM? PP. 45-6)

" | THINK YOU ARE HIDING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND IF YOU THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE ONE IOTA MORE UNDERSTANDING. YOU HAVE OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL MORE HERE THAN SIMPLY THE OVERT ACTIONS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE. NOT TO LOOK BELOW THE SURFACE IS AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE SYMPTOM WITHOUT TREATING THE CAUSE."

P.S., CALIFORNIA

"❘ GET THE WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION OF THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, PERHAPS ONE OF THE THREE MOST SOBER AND RELIABLE NEWSPAPERS IN THE WORLD. ÎN A RECENT NUMBER THEY WERE REPORTING ON A NEW PHASE (OR EXPANSION) OF THE FAMOUS HYDE PARK TUB-THUMPERS OR SPEAKERS. IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECENT EXTENSION OF THEIR ALLOTTED SPACE, AND THE PAPER HAD SENT A REPORTER TO WRITE ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT. THERE (AS NO DOUBT YOU KNOW) YOU MAY EXPATJATE FREELY ON ANY SUBJECT YOU LIKE COMMUNISM, ATHEISM, 'DOWN WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY!! NO MATTER HOW HAIR (OR HARE) BRAINED, SO LONG AS YOU DO NOT ADVOCATE OR ATTEMPT TO INITIATE VIOLENCE. THE BOBBY STANDING NEAR WILL PROTECT YOU IF THE CROWD RESENTS WHAT YOU SAY. WELL, IN THIS CASE, THE REPORTER SAID THAT OUT OF CURIOSITY HE STROLLED OVER TO QUITE A LARGE AND ATTENTIVE CROWD, AND WAS FLOORED TO FIND THE SPEAKER HOLDING FORTH, SOBERLY AND SERIOUSLY, ON HOMOSEXUALITY. HE SAID THE SPEAKER WAS GOOD, CLEAN AND TO THE POINT, AND SO ALSO WAS THE CROWD WITH THEIR QUESTIONING.