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Stanford Says

The plug was pulled on the prison experiment While the state plugs away with apparent merriment While absolute power corrupts absolutely The people march during pandemic resolutely ***

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Anna Hopper

Date: 6/25/2020 3:05:00 PM

Cheers to another excellent write!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/25/2020 3:47:00 PM

Thank you! :))) I sent you a Soupmail. xomo

P.S. Awtry

Date: 6/9/2020 9:31:00 AM

Why can't we just remember! Why do we have to learn the same lessons over again... especially the costly ones like this one! excellent as always dear Mo :)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 10:36:00 PM

Thank you P.S. "inconvenient truth" comes to mind ;), xomo!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/8/2020 6:25:00 AM

" While absolute power corrupts absolutely" - this line is perfect.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/8/2020 2:30:00 PM

British historian Lord Acton coined that one. It is perfect. Hugs, in these dangerous times ;), xomo

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/5/2020 6:09:00 PM

Pigeon, nowadays it would be unstoppable, imagine this being played with today's human behavior. Just, wow... the thought is crazy and insane. So good to read this, I imagine this is my first time visiting one of your poems. This pandemic hasn't stopped what was trying to be tied down. Always ~LINDA~

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:25:00 AM

Hello Linda! I have seen your avatar around but didn't think you were still active. I was "Maureen McGreavy" here till my recent nom de plume acquisition. It is a pleasure to finally meet! (my memory is awful though, we may have already) I don't believe our nature is figured enough into policing practices. Knowledge is nothing if it is ignored, sadly. xomo!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/4/2020 5:56:00 PM

I remember learning about the Stanford experiment - this is a thought-provoking turn of phrase! (and I was worried about the covid threat during the marches)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 8:48:00 PM

There's an organized march planned tomorrow in my city, requesting all to maintain 2m space and use signs and noisemakers instead of chants etc to reduce spread, and police will be closing off streets to provide more room. Even suggesting finding virtual ways to demonstrate if have symptoms. I'm pretty proud ;), xomo

Anil Deo

Date: 6/4/2020 8:53:00 AM

Thanks for NOT keeping a diplomatic silence. Bold sister Mo. shalom, shalOM and Dona Nobis Pacem

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 12:59:00 PM

Our Prime Minister is being criticized for his 20+ seconds of silence. With a neighbour like that with his house on fire, I can't blame him; it is for the opposition to criticize. Thank YOU my friend. xomo

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/4/2020 12:11:00 AM

Spot on Mo! I agree. Blessings xxoo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 7:08:00 AM

Thank you Connie, love and hugs! xomo

Mark Koplin

Date: 6/3/2020 5:45:00 PM

You got that right sister. Well done!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/3/2020 9:44:00 PM

Cheers brother, neighbour, fellow of fierce conscience. xomo

Jack Ellison

Date: 6/3/2020 11:08:00 AM

Winged Warrior nailed it, dear Mo! Love, Happy Jack XOX

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/3/2020 4:48:00 PM

That my poem was good or that we are all future puppets?

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/3/2020 8:50:00 AM

We are all under microscopic eyes...being tested every day...soon we will be marionettes on digital strings...paper cutouts to play with by the Globalists...great write Mo...love & hugs...^WW^ :o)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/3/2020 8:05:00 PM

Videodrome taking over, don't look...

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/2/2020 7:55:00 PM

Hey, can I give this poem a plug or two?! Smiles, Gershon (btw: I presume you weren't referring to the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' that was done in the early '70's, I believe. It would be outlawed now. Catch it on You Tube if you can find it. It's BIZARRE!). :) gw

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 10:01:00 PM

I absolutely am referring to the Stanford University psychology prison experiment of 1971. Human nature spelled out. I hope you are still smiling ;), xomo

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/2/2020 6:00:00 PM

a witty write...that's how the cookie crumbles, mo...huggs!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 10:02:00 PM

Thank you Lovely! We sure do crumble our cookies. ;), xomo!

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/2/2020 5:54:00 PM

I'd never heard of this so had to Google it, seems to me that power given to individuals goes to their heads and they think they're above the law. Tom

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 10:06:00 PM

It is human nature, as ugly as that is. We have the ability to rise above our nature, but first we must identify it. Where there is a will as they say, there is a way. xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 6/2/2020 3:02:00 PM

Ha ha! A number of Hawaiian prisoners were released due to COVID-19 and subsequently re-arrested. One presumes the remainder are busy looting. Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/2/2020 3:49:00 PM

Heh heh ...that's an all together different prison experiment. RSD & xo's from mo