Of all the immorality in the world today, from world war to terrorism to child molestation to murder - which are all swiftly executed crimes against humanity - the most destructive force of evil that defiles humanity spiritually and psychologically and at a slow, contemptible pace, is Hollywood.

Since early on in the twentieth century - beginning innocently but advancing willfully guilty - the many faces of Hollywood has marred the minds and hearts of the world in ways that would take two centuries to undue. Though some would disagree and testify that Hollywood has contributed greatly to society in more ways of good than immorally, it would not go unchallenged by the average humanist.

Some Hollywood stories have touched out hearts and our minds elevating us to understand things outside of our world, which is a good thing. In its syndicated form (the news media), Hollywood has kept us abreast of national and world development. And when we needed some laughs and a chance to view our favorite Hollywood actor, they were there beaming from our television sets.

In many ways the achievements of Hollywood has opened doors long closed by ignorance, cultural literacy, racism, and greed and has enlightened us to new things. All these things and more have, in many ways, helped the world to know who their neighbors are and where they themselves stand in a world populated with billions of people.

But on the dark side Hollywood has engraved images into the minds of the world, which has brought dissension and misinterpretation of others. Stereotypes, we call them. Labeled by television and broadcasted around the globe from the image in the mind of one lone producer and a cast of psycho-egotistical attention seekers.

Portrayed as this and perceived as that, people are tight cast into a social role of either this or that and the world absorbs these images and computes them; transforming them into opinions and belief systems. Pointing to the television and advising their children against certain "types." And the children. They absorb twice as much into their brains and grow subconsciously reenacting behaviors, repeating phrases, indoctrinating themselves with ideas of this and of that.

As we grow older and our brain becomes painted with the strokes of Hollywood, reality becomes a blur. Reason becomes fashioned after the illogical endings and beginnings. We trust what we should not and follow after that which we believe in and go where we should not go and say things we should not say. We watch and learn. And we laugh and enjoy and we go through emotions that even real life cannot bring forth, anymore. Our souls are covered and buried with truth and with humanity while our lives are filled with the way Hollywood wants us to see life; the life they have created. The life they have given birth to, generations of minded-numb beings without the true knowledge of life.

Turn off the television and turn on your life. Believe not what lies within that box of untruths. Be impressed not with what that psycho-egotistical attention seeker had for breakfast.

Be not fooled by the lives of people not real, but be honest with yourself and know what is going on around you.

© 2003 by C.R. Hamilton