Is there a connection? Or, is it merely a coincidence? As the pattern of directed energy weapons torture and community policing based gang-stalking takes on national proportions, so does another phenomenon: Hollywood’s releasing of a torrent of comic-book based “superhero” movies. What connection can there be between these two trends?

First, lets look at what these two trends hold in common; they both glorify vigilante violence. Gang-stalking, as practiced by community policing groups, is a form of state-sponsored vigilantism designed to isolate and destroy individuals targeted as victims by covert government agencies. What does this have in common with every comic-book superhero ever created? “The implied policy message in comic books is one of vigilantism, in which moral justice trumps legitimate criminal procedure.” —Cultural criminology and kryptonite: Apocalyptic and retributive constructions of crime and justice in comic books. This book (source of the aforementioned quote), written by two leading criminology experts from St. Francis College, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (USA), explores the concept of vigilante justice and retribution by comic book heroes.

Comic books and community policing based psychological terror campaigns have the same core theme: Vigilante justice is the preferred way to restore the role of law in a community. However, the irony of real-world gang-stalking is that it is being developed as a tool of covert federal agencies. In this, we also see a precedent in comic books. Isn’t it true that comic books have long promoted the clandestine relationship between government and the “bad boy violence” of superheros? That is, as long as superhero violence benefits those in power.

Is it merely a coincidence that a barrage of superhero movies are being released concurrently with numerous complaints of injustice stemming from covert agency sponsored psychological terror campaigns supported by community policing groups? USA Today, in the article “Hollywood, Pentagon Share Rich Past“ (3/07/05) states: “The FBI created its entertainment office in the 1930s, around the time James Cagney played a fearless FBI agent in the 1935 movie ‘G’ Men. The agency “realized a lot of people were getting their information from popular culture” and wanted to ensure agents were portrayed accurately. . .” The article further notes that the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the CIA all have Hollywood liaison offices. These offices exist to promote movies that provide a favorable view of the respective government agencies and their agendas. Can Hollywood be used to subtly promote a favorable view of government-sponsored covert extralegal vigilantism occurring in our communities?

I have often observed a fondness for the iconographic symbols of superheros by many individuals who engage in gang-stalking in my community. Often, the younger participants will have their vehicles emblazoned with the logos of Batman, Superman and other comic book characters. In fact, one participant would often wear a superman t-shirt under his postal uniform. Another, in Newark, NJ, had his vehicle customized to resemble the Batmobile.

How may the seemingly endless string of comic book based movies benefit government agencies developing national psychological (psyops) operations that include directed energy weapons and community policing based gang-stalking? Well, think of the appeal in the opportunity to be a “superhero” in the local community, supporting the “good guys” by operating outside the law with their covert protection and approval? Modern movies can exert a powerful influence the thinking and attitudes of the common man in this regard.

I would be remiss if i did not mention one departure from the classic model of superhero violence in my experience. In comic books, the hero usually wreaks his violence upon a conscious victim. Not so with directed energy weapons used by covert Federal agencies. With remote technology employed from a nearby apartment or home, the “hero” beats his victim even as he sleeps; using the silent blunt force of infrasound through-the-wall weapons, and the nerve damaging effects of targeted microwaves.

Again, I ask. Is there a connection? The warped justice of comic books is coming to our communities in the form of federally sponsored psyops (psychological operations). These operations trample true justice by targeting and terrorizing individuals without due process of law. Many victims are being used as involuntary test subjects for cruel new technologies. Others may be whistle-blowers or targets of vendettas. The innocent are being abused. Whether the connection to superhero propaganda is intentional or coincidental, there is no question that we are on the threshold of a cruel new age of real-world comic book violence.

Practical Considerations and Modern Trends

Are the constant stream of superhero movies that glorify vigilante justice for the “greater good” a form of propaganda preparing the nation for martial law and the suspension of constitutional rights? Serious students of current events are aware of the enormous powers granted the President and Federal agencies such as FEMA during a catastrophic national event. As an insightful article by the Air Force Law Review (The Imposition of Martial Law, Spring, 2000) indicates, the military would play a dominant role in civilian affairs that citizens may resist. The challenge is to suppress any “traditional prejudice against military involvement in civil affairs.” In a speech by Congressman Jim McDermott before the House of Representatives on Martial Law Concerns, he stated that “FEMA has practiced” for the possibility of martial law and large scale internment camps in the United States.

It may well be that the harassment that innocent victims of directed energy weapons and community policing “gang-stalking” are experiencing are federally sponsored covert training routines for this murky scenario. We may be the early victims in a paradigm shift in the way our government treats its citizens. In my experience, after more than ten years of such persecution, this has little to do with traditional law enforcement. The military origins of these routines become more obvious with time. Something is “brewing.” I cannot say for certain what the true motives behind these attacks are. However, what I am certain of is my response. I will uphold superior Godly principles in my dealings with my fellowman and refuse to be swept into the cesspool of intrigue and violence that surrounds me.

“The children of God and the children of the Devil are evident by this fact: Everyone who does not carry on righteousness does not originate with God, neither does he who does not love his brother. For this is the message which YOU have heard from [the] beginning, that we should have love for one another; not like Cain, who originated with the wicked one and slaughtered his brother. And for the sake of what did he slaughter him? Because his own works were wicked, but those of his brother [were] righteous.” - 1 John 3:10-12

References:
Comic Book Movies Keep On Coming
An article from the Dept of Defense on their collaboration with the makers of major superhero movies
American Forces Press Services article on Air Force collaboration on “Iron Man” superhero movie
Air Force Law Review: The Imposition of Martial Law in the United States
Time For Heroes: Propaganda & The Superhero
Time For Heroes: Guardian Newspaper

When considering the recent abuses attributed to the covert use of directed energy weapons by government agencies and community policing based gang-stalking and psychological terror tactics, we need to see the “bigger picture.” They are simply manifestations of larger trends in modern society.

Nobel Prize winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said that if asked to identify in a few words the principal trait of the 20th century, he would say: “Men have forgotten God.” He continued: “The entire twentieth century is being sucked into the vortex of atheism and self-destruction. . . . All attempts to find a way out of the plight of today’s world are fruitless unless we redirect our consciousness, in repentance, to the Creator of all: without this, no exit will be illumined, and we shall seek it in vain.”

“Men have forgotten God.” Do you agree with that observation? As men lose interest in God, families disintegrate, concern for our fellow man is replaced by overarching selfishness. Ignorance and cruelty replace tolerance and reason.

Former Justice Francis T. Murphy of the Appellate Division says that modern man “does not know the ultimate meaning of his life and doubts that life has any meaning. Whatever his moral pretensions may be, he has in fact driven God out of his life, out of his office, out of his home. He therefore lacks a moral center.”

Life has no meaning. Man lacks a moral center. When our lives lose meaning, they lose value. In turn, we devalue, or cheapen the lives of others. A declining morality means that cruelty, prejudice, and fear become the dominant attitudes driving our view and treatment of others. In this context, it is not surprising that such trends are increasingly being reflected in the actions of governments, businesses and local communities. Although a pretense of morality (or belief in God) is held by many, we are being sucked into “the vortex of atheism and self-destruction” as Solzhenitsyn keenly observed.

As a result, I am not surprised by the cruelty that surrounds me in the form of directed energy weapons torture by government agencies and psychological terror campaigns by community policing groups. It reflects the cheapness and depravity of life in our modern times. It is a natural byproduct of our rapidly declining values.

“Violence and oppression are before me; strife and contention keep on rising. In the presence of this, the law is slack and justice is not at all applied; for the wicked encircle the righteous, hence justice goes forth perverted.”—Habakkuk. 1:3, 4, “The New Berkeley Version. (Holy Bible)”

The story of Ernest Shackleton provides evidence that flawed humanity has the potential for unselfish good under tremendous adversity. It supplies proof of the existence of God. And it demonstrates that there is never an excuse for gross mistreatment of fellow human beings.

I do not see Shackleton as a great man. Rather, he is an ordinary man who demonstrated great qualities under adversity. Like all of us, he was imperfect, and made mistakes. His circumstance robbed him of all that he valued most, leaving him with only his life, and those of his men. Yet, in that condition, he stuck to the higher calling of his God-given conscience. While not claiming to be a particularly devout man, he demonstrated by altruistic conduct that he knew God. How so?

Shackleton was willing to make extraordinary sacrifices in an effort to help others. Such willingness to help others even if at great personal cost is seen in all races and cultures, and it argues against the claim that man evolved by the law of the jungle, “the survival of the fittest.” Francis S. Collins, a geneticist who led the U.S. government’s effort to decipher the human genome (DNA), said: “Selfless altruism presents a major challenge for the evolutionist. . . . It cannot be accounted for by the drive of individual selfish genes to perpetuate themselves.” He also said: “Some people sacrificially give of themselves to those who are outside their group and with whom they have absolutely nothing in common. . . . That doesn’t seem like it can be explained by a Darwinian model.”

Our inner sense of right and wrong, a sense of fairness that motivates altruism is guided by conscience. As geneticist Francis S. Collins concedes, man’s possession of a conscience cannot be explained by evolution. However, it is explained by God’s Word. The Bible writer Paul wrote: “People of the nations that do not have law do by nature the things of the law. - Romans 2:14 The law they give evidence of having by “nature” is a God-given conscience.

Shackleton’s story furnishes proof that men posses a God-given, God-oriented conscience. And, in spite of our inherently imperfect, frail nature, we can choose to follow the dictates of a healthy conscience under the worst of circumstances.

When Hitler’s officers were put on trial in Nuremeburg after World War II for crimes against humanity, their primary defense was that they were simply following orders. However, International Military Tribunal law states that “Patriotic obedience in crime does not establish innocence.” This law recognizes that all men are obligated to follow the proddings of conscience when ordered to commit acts that they know to be crimes against humanity. As further stated during the Nuremberg trials; “The conscience of humanity is the foundation of all law.” Many of Hitler’s officers were judged guilty, and sentenced to death for ignoring the voice of conscience. Yet, one can find extraordinary examples of conscience among Hitler’s contemporaries in Nazi Germany. Oskar Schindler placed his life in great danger by sheltering more than a thousand Jews from Nazi extermination during World War II, and ultimately died penniless. Schindler made the choice not to follow “orders” due to conscience.

Shackleton faced adversity with conscience. Therefore, I, as a Christian, must face adversity with conscience. I must pay heed to scripture, an unambiguous written authority that reinforces and informs conscience. Although a daily victim of directed energy weapons and psychological attacks, my response must always reflect good conscience. I cannot retaliate, nor can I yield to corruptive influences. I cannot respond in a way that violates Christian principle or conscience. As Shackleton proved, following conscience is the choice all imperfect men can make. Imagine how human society would benefit if all men did!

While countless lives were being sacrificed in Europe during World War I, an amazing effort was underway to save lives in Antarctica. Famed Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew suffered catastrophe when their ship, Endurance, was crushed and sunk by pack ice. Shackleton managed to get his men to a safe haven—of sorts—on Elephant Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. But they still faced extreme danger. Elephant Island was bitterly cold, barren, and composed primarily of rock and ice. It presented a major challenge to the survival of Shackleton and his men.

Shackleton realized that their only hope of survival lay in sending for help from a whaling station on the island of South Georgia. That was 700 miles away, and he had only a 22-foot lifeboat salvaged from the shipwrecked Endurance. Their prospects were not good.

Leaving his men with the promise that he would return and rescue them, Shackleton and a small party set off in choppy waters for South Georgia. On May 10, 1916, after 17 harrowing days, they reached their destination. However, terrible sea conditions forced them to land on the wrong side of the island. They were faced with a 20-mile trek over uncharted, snow-covered mountains to reach their final destination. Against all odds—in subzero temperatures and without proper climbing equipment—Shackleton and his companions reached their destination, and he eventually returned to rescue all his stranded men. Why did Shackleton put forth such strenuous effort? “His one ambition,” writes biographer Roland Huntford, was “to get every one of his men out alive.”

Why is it that in the midst of World War I when millions of lives where being discarded on the battlefield, one man demonstrated such extraordinary concern for the lives of others? Why did he consider the lives of his crew to be worth such effort? His entire crew of 21 men, many of whom were ill, frostbitten and near starvation survived the four and a half months until Shackleton was able to find a way to return and rescue them. What saved them from complete despair in that bleak setting? Their confidence that their leader would keep his promise to rescue them.

At a time when many abuse and destroy the lives of others for selfish motives, it is rare to find men who adhere to high principles in their treatment of fellowmen. Shackleton greatly valued the life of each member of his crew. And he never abandoned the noble principles that drove him to expend any effort necessary to rescue them. In this true account, we can extract the secret of successfully surviving, and indeed, triumphing over psychological attacks that include directed energy weapons torture and gang stalking . . .

We will look at the qualities that enabled Ernest Shackleton to triumph over adversity in our next installment, and see how those qualities can help victims of directed energy weapons torture and gang-stalking to triumph over adversity . . .

In tropical forests, one may find the strangler fig. Its life begins as tiny seeds dropped by birds into the crevices of other large healthy trees. The strangler fig seed begin to germinate in the crevices. It grows slowly, its roots eventually surrounding the trunk of the host tree. Its leaf canopy begins to overshadow the leaves of the host tree, depriving them of light. The strangler fig’s multiple roots eventually absorb most of the nutrients in the soil at the base of the tree. Cut off from needed nutrients and light, the host tree finally dies, decays, and leaves behind nothing more than a hollow core. In a slow but certain process, the strangler fig has sucked the life from a host that was once healthy and vibrant.

In a similar way gang-stalking and related psychological attacks are designed to surround, isolate and eventually destroy its victim. Like the strangler fig’s growth, the gang-stalker’s routines may develop slowly over a period of months or years. The gang-stalker’s intent is to completely surround the victim, cutting him off from friends, family and other support systems. Eventually, the victims 24-hour daily routine is monitored and manipulated by gang-stalkers and other covert operatives. The psychological attack eventually overwhelms the emotions of the victim. He becomes mentally unbalanced. His emotional reserves are depleted, and, he is isolated from any support systems that can bolster him. Like a tree surrounded by the strangler fig, his demise is near. He will eventually react to these relentless psychological attacks in a way that results in incarceration, homelessness, suicide, or death.

This gang-stalking methodology falls under a system of psychological operations being developed and tested on American citizens by covert quasi-military law enforcement agencies. The basic process described above has been taught by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) since the 1950’s. “The purpose of all coercive techniques is to induce psychological regression in the subject by bringing a superior outside force to bear on his will to resist. Regression is basically . . . a reversion to an earlier behavioral level. As the subject regresses, his learned personality traits fall away in reverse chronological order. He begins to lose the capacity to carry out the highest creative activities, to deal with complex situations, to cope with stressful interpersonal relationships, or to cope with repeated frustrations.” - CIA Human Resource Exploitation Manual

Gang stalking is part of a pattern of psychological warfare that includes torture by remote, through-the-wall, directed energy weapons. The weapons of this war are silent, attacking the mind and emotions while leaving the body unscathed. Yet, its effects are just as destructive.

Gang stalkers is a colloquial expression coined to describe the covert front-line foot soldiers in this psychological war. They are individuals and teams trained for the express purpose of harassing the target of psychological attacks. It appears that local community policing groups may be participating in this harassment. They are usually moved in as neighbors of the victim; commonly form a phalanx of cars surrounding the victim while in traffic; and may be employed in places that the victim works or frequents in his daily routine. Because they have the backing of Federal level agencies it is quite easy to gain the cooperation of neighbors, property managers, and business owners to make this possible. Each individual gang-stalker plays a small role in the harassment. For example, as the victim drives there may be numerous vehicles that track his movements. Some drive behind him with one high beam headlight on, others drive in front to slow his movement in traffic. Still others are assigned to drive in tandem with him and block his line-of-sight to other non-gang-stalking vehicles or pedestrians.

If the victim lives in an apartment, it is highly likely that in a matter of weeks all of his immediate neighbors will be persons participating in a pattern of abuse. Each plays a small role. Some may provide noise harassment timed to coincide with the victims movements in his home (this is made possible by through-the-wall surveillance tools and listening devices). Others may play a small role when the victim leaves for work or arrives home. It may include simply being in the same place providing obvious surveillance each time the victims arrives. Or it may be other small actions designed in some way to humililate the victim. Still others may be “actors” who try to befriend the victim while seeking to isolate him from genuine friends. As false companions, they subtly poison his thinking, or eventually betray him in some way. These events are well coordinated, relentless, and reflect a deep understanding of the limitations of the human psyche.

These irritations may seem like little things. However, they take into account a fact well known to students of human behavior. The more distress a person is put under, the less they are able to emotionally distinguish the difference between minor and major irritations. Their emotional response to both becomes the same. That is why gang-stalking routines are a continuous barrage of small humiliations. The victim pays a major emotional price each time he gets angry, frustrated and embittered. This attack wears on for months . . . years. Therefore, as the CIA Human Resource Manual so aptly observes, “He begins to lose his capacity . . . to deal with complex situations, to cope with stressful interpersonal relationships, or to cope with repeated frustrations.”

The final “coup de grâce” is committed by maneuvering the victim into a public setting with plenty of “witnesses” and, most likely, surveillance cameras. Because the victim has been thoroughly sensitized to react angrily to minor humiliations that appear benign to bystanders, his increasing pattern of tirades, loss of control, irrational behavior, becomes a matter of public record. He is viewed as dangerous, schizophrenic, out of control, which further serves to isolate him from workmates and friends. He may lose his job, be incarcerated, or diagnosed with a mental disorder. In any event, in the final analysis, without a bullet or a billyclub, he has been destroyed.

These psychological weapons are slow-kill. Like the strangler fig, they slowly choke the victims environment by cutting off healthy interactions and association. The covert agencies developing these strategies have spent the better part of the past century seeking ways to exploit our common weaknesses. They’ve become quite good at it. Modern Psychology had its beginnings in the armed services, and continues to be its largest funding source. As a science, it exists primarily to develop weapons that attack the mind. Can you see why gang-stalking is so effective?

References:
CIA Human Resources Exploitation Manual
The Enablers: Modern Psychology’s long and shameful history with torture - Mother Jones magazine

Some of the comments I’ve received on my article “Propaganda and Gang-Stalking Vocabulary” have taken issue with my assessment that the term “targeted individual” stems from propaganda shaping misleading impressions of victims of involuntary directed energy weapons testing/torture and gang stalking. Some feel that using the alternative term “victim” suggests that we have somehow been weakened by such “targeting.” Understandably, it is a function of human ego to proudly resist admitting that the injustices we face have harmed us. The truth is that psychological attacks leave behind real wounds and casualties.

The dictionary defines the term “target” as: “To make a target for attack or bombardment, to setup or designate as a target or goal.” The term “target” falls short of describing the experiences of victims of directed energy weapons and gang stalking. They are, in fact, not simply targeted, but, under attack, the victims of a full-scale war against their minds and emotions. We tend to think of an “attack” or assault as something done with physical weapons, i.e., a knife, a gun, etc. Proof of the attack is usually a physical wound or casualty. However, directed energy weapons do not leave behind any physical evidence of their use. Psychological assaults through gang-stalking do not produce physical wounds. Are they damaging? Perhaps the following will help us to answer that question:

Military and intelligence agencies have long viewed psychological attacks as a valuable component of warfare. “If properly employed, PSYOPS (Psychological Operations) are designed to lower morale and efficiency in their target audience, creating dissidence and disaffection, isolation and alienation. PSYOPS have the potential to serve as a critical nonlethal weapons system, as well as a force protector and combat multiplier.” - Psychiatry & Mental Health PSYOPS: Psychological Operations. Did you notice that the US Department of Defense (the source of this quote) considers psychological attacks a nonlethal weapons system!

The intent of directed energy weapons and gang stalking is not primarily a physical casualty, but an emotional one. This is a psychological war where victory is not measured in dead bodies but broken minds and hearts. It is unrealistic to assume that we can undergo continuous psychological attacks for years and not sustain some emotional injury. The psychosomatic effects of long-term distress can eventually result in death. However, as victims, we can minimize the damage, treat the psychological wounds and find ways to heal.

The propagandistic term “targeted individual” ignores the “nonlethal weapons systems” used in a psychological war against victims. It ignores the mental and emotional damage that such weapons cause. In doing so, it allows those who employ psychological weapons (such as gang stalking) to avoid feeling any personal accountability for the damage that results.

Worthy of Note: Interestingly, in the Doctrine for Joint Psychological Operations issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Military (issued July 10, 1993, revised September 5, 2003), guidelines on conducting military psychological operations are provided. This 125 page document consistently uses the terms “targeted individuals” and targeted groups” (or variations thereof) in describing the international targets of psychological warfare. Is it reasonable to conclude that online propaganda promoting the term “targeted individuals” is, at the least, influenced by this military vocabulary? Can we logically make the connection between misleading online propaganda behind gang-stalking / directed energy weapons torture and the military origins of these psychological “weapons systems?”

In view of the foregoing, I personally believe that the term “targeted individual” is part of the propaganda issued by quasi-military agencies covertly testing psychological weapons on American citizens.

References:
Doctrine for Joint Psychological Operations issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Military

I receive numerous comments on the various entries I add to badexperiment.com. As you may notice, I do not make those comments public. A few of the comments do come from victims of directed energy weapons and gang stalking. Although they are not posted, I do read and deeply appreciate all of them. I am grateful to those who take the time to respond. On the other hand, many of the comments I receive appear to be from malicious sources aligned with the agencies engaged in these abuses. They are part of a larger online propaganda war intended to alienate victims and misinform the public. There are specific clues that lead me to this conclusion.

Words have power. That power is often manipulated through propaganda by authorities to affect the view of the general public. If your enemy can choose the words that describe you, he has the power to determine how others view you. That power was expertly used by the Nazi’s to shape public perception of the Jewish community. By destroying the Jewish communities’ reputation through carefully crafted vocabulary and images, the Nazi’s convinced a nation that the Jews deserved persecution and extermination.

Malicious propaganda dominates much of the online conversation regarding directed energy weapons torture and gang stalking. It is intended to misinform the public, and divert victim’s energies and efforts into worthless or harmful channels. I am convinced that just as directed energy weapons technologies have a military origin, so do the propagandistic efforts to shape public perception regarding them. Here are two words now common to the vocabulary of “gang-stalking” that appear to have origins in propaganda.

The first term is “targeted individual” or “TI”, its commonly used acronym. It is hard to believe that any genuine victim of gang-stalking and directed energy weapons torture would refer to themselves as simply a “targeted individual.” That term is crafted by the one who targets, not the victim. A genuine victim rightfully perceives him or herself as an injured party; he has suffered injury due to a cruel injustice that includes psychological and physical torture. Like any victim of gross injustice and human rights abuses, they are due justice and recompense. The term “targeted individual” sanitizes the injustices committed in much the same way that the military term “collateral damage” devalues the lives of innocent victims of war. When I see the term “targeted individual” or “TI” in any online writing it immediately raises a red flag. It reeks of an impersonal military mindset toward a victim. It is the way a soldier views his enemy. It is too simplistic to describe the cruelty and injustice of a victim’s experience. It is an invention of the military minds behind these abuses, not its victims.

The second term I find suspect is “perp”, a colloquialism used to describe individuals engaged in gang-stalking of victims. This slang term has roots in law enforcement vocabulary. The root word, perpetrator, is commonly used by police and reporters in describing someone who commits a crime. It use in casual speech is not common among the general public. A genuine victim of directed energy weapons in time becomes aware of the covert government agencies behind his persecution. These are not criminals (or perps) in the classic sense. They are agents hiding behind government authority. The term “perp” obscures this critical observation that a genuine victim would make. “Perp” cloaks the true origin of these abuses by suggesting that the abusers are common criminals. “Perp” is a lie. It is a part of the vocabulary of the hybrid military/law enforcement agencies behind these abuses and propaganda.

The intent of this classic form of “Black Propaganda” is revealed by its definition: “Black Propaganda is false material where the source is disguised. It is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. It is typically used to vilify, embarrass or misrepresent the enemy.” The American citizens forced to become involuntary victims of directed energy weapons testing, and gang-stalking are the enemy that must be vilified, embarrassed, and misrepresented. And, the covert agencies behind these abuses disguise themselves while engaging in a propaganda war against victims online, in blogs, forums and bulletin boards.

Because of the foregoing, I make an effort to choose my words carefully when telling my story. Commonly used expressions may be inadequate or misleading when describing my experiences. Hopefully, the reader can make the distinction between truth and propaganda.

See the related article: A Target Or A Victim? 

A recent story in the news reminded me of the mindset that fuels gang-stalking. In Waycross, Ga a group of third graders (nine-year-olds) plotted to attack their teacher. Apparently, they were angry at the teacher for scolding one of them for standing on a chair. The group brought a collection of weapons to school that included a crystal paperweight for knocking the teacher unconscious, handcuffs and a steak knife. Each child was assigned a role in the scheme, including wiping up blood after the attack.

We expect children to be spiteful. However, we also expect responsible parents to monitor and curb such behavior and thinking. Outgrowing spiteful tendencies is a part of developing emotional maturity. In this case, it may well be that a lack of good parental examples combined with young minds saturated with television, video and movie violence became the fertile ground for this potentially horrific incident. Is this the same fertile soil that spawns the gang-stalking mindset?

The immature, violent thinking of those nine-year-olds has striking parallels with that of modern-day adult gang-stalkers. Gang-Stalkers also gang up on their victims with the same intent to harm, and with motives that are petty and irrational. Gang-stalking is also premeditated, with a division of responsibilities among its participants. However, there is one major difference that age brings. The nine-year-old mind cannot see the consequences of its actions. Therefore, it makes little effort to conceal its spite. The adult mind understands the consequences of cruel actions and fears retaliation. That’s why the adult gang-stalker makes an extraordinary effort to hide his actions.

So, in closing I ask: When it comes to cruel, spiteful behavior, who is imitating whom? Is the child imitating the adult? Or is the adult imitating the child?

An old Latin fable, The Birdcatcher And The Snake, carries a powerful lesson for any who make a practice of gang-stalking, torturing, and willfully victimizing others. I have provided the English translation below. The fable is a short but pithy warning tale for all who mistreat their fellowman.

A certain Birdcatcher went out into the woods, skilled at tricking careless birds with his bird-lime and his snares. By chance he noticed a thrush up in a lofty tree and he prepared his bird-catcher’s work the usual way. But while he was arranging the snare and hurriedly smearing on the sticky bird-lime, as he watched the bird, he pressed his heel down on a Snake who by chance was hiding in the grass, and he suffered a grievous death because of a terrible wound. As he was dying, the Birdcatcher said, “While plotting a trick for someone else, a lamentable business has caused me to perish carelessly.” Those who do not hesitate to torment others with ambushes are often accustomed to hurt themselves more than others. The person who is not ashamed to sometime carry out a wicked plan, that man is often harmed by his own deception - Hieronymus Osius (1575), translation from LatinViaFables.com

Is there truth in the lesson of this fable? While my observations may be anecdotal, I have discerned the self-destructive effects of making a career out of preying on others. Spiteful, cruel behavior is a form of self-administered poison. That poison produces pronounced psychosomatic effects. Hatred is hard on the body. Here are some general observations. Generally, they seem to age prematurely, and develop health conditions as a result of their work. Many of them have self-destructive lifestyles. Some who “live” in close proximity are observed to be heavy alcohol and drug abusers. Many of the younger participants seem aimless and empty. They are the saddest cases because they are the most exploited, not having the maturity to weigh the long-term effects of their collusion in these cruel schemes. It appears that their self destructive behavior is tolerated in exchange for their participation in gang-stalking schemes. I often wonder if children who come under state control wind up in these programs. None of them appear to come from stable households. One good example is the “family” ( a collection of adults and children who portrayed a family) in the apartment below mine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They were employed in this program. There were teen-aged girls and boys in this “family” who spent their entire day wandering the apartment complex or playing video games. The only meaningful education they seemed to have was as participants in these harassment schemes. You never saw a book in their hands, they seemed never to be in school, and were up very late in the evening. Clearly, they had no parental supervision. Their adult handlers were not caring parents. One evening, one of the boys who appeared to be no older than 15 was up at 2:00 in the morning smoking marijuana with one of his adult “managers.” What kind of adults will they become? All of this tells me that these programs will exploit anyone. Life is cheap to the agencies that direct these schemes. Not just the lives of those they victimize, but also those they employ.

In my story you will read of one colorful participant who I named The Salesman in Newark, New Jersey. Part of his role was to mingle with my neighbors, gain their friendship, and slander my reputation. After a number of months he became comfortable with a few of the neighbors and began to drink and socialize with them. That was a big mistake. They began to complain that he became very weird and dangerous when he drank. As a result, he destroyed his own reputation, thereby limiting his effectiveness as my slanderer. Being a tormentor is weird. No doubt, his true colors began to show when he became intoxicated. Well, after more than a decade of observing these individuals I can concur with the truth found in the old Latin fable, The Birdcatcher And The Snake: Those who scheme to destroy others often become their own worst enemies!

IF YOU take a close look at the butterfly in this photo, you will see that its wings have sustained quite a bit of damage. Yet, that butterfly will continue feeding and flying in spite of damage suffered from predator attacks. In fact, butterflies have been observed going about their daily activity with up to 70 percent of their wing surfaces missing. It’s incredible that something that appears to be so delicate can live a full life in spite of suffering so much adversity. Similarly, many people can display a resolute spirit. Despite suffering from great personal hardships, they do not give up. Like the butterfly, they may appear weak or insignificant to the human eye. But they possess an inner strength that enables them to move forward.

This can be true of victims of psychological torture that includes gang-stalking and covert through-the-wall torture weapons. Their strength can be demonstrated by refusing to abandon high principles when facing the cruelty and spitefulness of their persecutors. Is such restraint an act of weakness or courage? A recent article in Psychology Today (April 2008, Second Nature) corrects a common misperception regarding courage. “It (courage) is motivated not by fearlessness, but by a strong sense of duty. People who behave bravely often say they were afraid at the time, says Cynthia Pury, a psychologist at Clemson University. But their principles forced them to take action.” Exercising restraint under a continuous barrage of aggravated provocation is a principled action that requires great courage.

The victims of long-term gang-stalking and related forms of abuse demonstrate a courageous adherence to Christian principles when they refuse to adopt the spiteful actions of their persecutors. They remain loyal to Bible principles such as “Return evil for evil to no one” - Romans 12:17. Such courage is an essential component of their success in overcoming the adversity thrust upon them.