Getting back to this thread, the next picture from the subject email is this:
No, dear Boromir[1], you don’t have it straight. The first guy stole the money from our defense fund in order to build a wall to satisfy his xenophobic followers, using at least one corrupt contractor. They built walls that fell over in, well, I wish I could say “high winds”, but it was a 30 MPH wind, a wall that could be taken down by people with simple power tools.
A wall that really was a waste of time and money because most illegal immigrants come in using tourist visas and then don’t leave when the visa expires.
The first guy did all this without trying to fix the problem at its source. It’s rather like putting a bandage on a weeping wound without curing the cancer beneath it.
Then along comes the second guy, who has to fix the mess left by the first guy.
Again.
The danger is simple enough to see, isn’t it? It’s the relentless pounding on the Distrust government! button. In this case, it’s a partisan distrust; other mails pursue a more secular distrust. But the fact remains: driving wedges into society as a way to destroy it is the intent of this picture.
Incidentally, Boromir’s role in The Lord Of The Rings had to do with stopping invading hordes from destroying his homeland. Presented with the chance to hold ultimate power, he betrays his group as he’s driven mad by power. Recovering, he repents and dies defending the remnants of the group.
1 For those readers who don’t recognize the picture, this is the character Boromir from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
