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Corpses in the Garden

In this essay, Charles Sullivan takes a historical look at the American psyche. He posits that: "The torture and abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib are connected to the lynchings of the Deep South a century ago", and only the full acknowledgment of these events can emancipate Americans from the past.

Corpses in the Garden

By Charles Sullivan

02/24/06 "ICH" -- -- Knowing what I know about the history of my country, it is often difficult for me to fathom how my fellow countrymen have shaped their views. I have come to believe that they have created a mythical America that is not a real place. The perceived necessity of substituting a fantasy world for the real world suggests there is something terribly wrong with the American psyche. If there are corpses buried in our gardens, surely they must gnaw at our conscience and produce pathological behavior, even if we did not put them there. Subconsciously, we know they are turning in their graves trying to be free. We fear that they will awaken and climb out of their graves, forcing their way into our conscience, and revealing our complicity in the crimes committed in our name.

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