I used to trust the media
to tell me the truth
(tell us the truth)
But now I've seen the payoffs everywhere I look...
who do you trust when everyone's a crook?
"Man, evil is real, it is out there. Evil has a face, a look of its own and nothing else in the world looks like it. But for it to be truly terrifying, for evil to do its job it has to hide behind the mask. Evil has to function in society, it has to rub elbows with all the good folks and decent people, it has to be seen smiling all the time as it lurks and lives and breathes its fetid breath down our throats everyday. We live with the horror that, at any moment, at any time, that mask will slip off the person next to us and we'll see the face of true evil, true horror. So we ponder, bide our time, waiting for the mask of evil to fall off the faces of our neighbors, friends, co-workers, and most of all ourselves. We wait to get a glimpse of what is behind the mask, to see what the face of evil really is, and when we see that true countenance of malevolence is that cold bland reflection we see in the mirrors every day, we know that the masks we all wear are one and the same. The monster does not need to hide his face, for his nature does not dictate shame or sin; it is man who must hide his true emotions and thoughts away from the world, lock them behind the facade, for truly there are no monsters like the ones that wear the human face."
- Tobe Hooper, from "Mondo Lucha A Go-Go" by Dan Madigan