Pleasurepays

I had the notion that I would write about something positive and optimistic instead of going on about how lascivious Webby is. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything particularly positive to write about. So, instead, I'll just tell you that by an odd twist of fate, Webby is nothing if not amateurish. Let me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme of my previous letters: Webby claims that governments should have the right to lie to their own subjects or to other governments. I believe that the absurdities within that claim speak for themselves, although I should add that every time Webby gets caught trying to test another formula for silencing serious opposition, he promises he'll never do so again. Subsequently, his functionaries always jump in and explain that he really shouldn't be blamed even if he does, because, as they maintain, the most valuable skill one can have is to be able to lie convincingly. Something that I have heard repeated several times from various sources -- a sort of "tag line" for Webby -- is, "We should go out and renege on an incredibly large number of promises. And when we're done with that, we'll all convince people that their peers are already riding the Webby bandwagon and will think ill of them if they don't climb aboard, too." This is not a direct quote, nor have I heard it from Webby's lips directly, but several sources have paraphrased the content to me in near-enough ways that I feel fairly confident it actually was said. And to be honest, I have no trouble believing it. Before you read this letter, you might have thought that everything is happy and fine and good. Now you know that Webby is a prime example of the ignorance, naivete, and plain old stupidity that he so adamantly criticizes.