Word: paranoia
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...stereotype of the computer nerd has grown a bit stale. But it is precisely that stereotype--young, intelligent, socially inept--which stencils nicely onto the classic profile of a cult victim. Yet these 39 men and women were not hacking neo-Mansonites, shaggy, reclusive stock characters out of a paranoia movie. With their matching, unisex crew cuts and Henley-collared blue shirts, they resembled the modern SoCal monks they claimed to be. While the mansion was itself hardly monastic with its tennis courts, putting green, and indoor elevator, its residents practiced celibacy, and neither smoked nor drank. They followed strict...
Inside the hip-hop community, paranoia is running at high levels and all kinds of rumors are flying. Several of Wallace's friends claim that he told them fbi agents were trailing him on his trip from New York City to Los Angeles. (The FBI office in New York would not confirm or deny this.) The alleged FBI presence has some seeing conspiracy. Mutulu Shakur, ex-husband of Tupac Shakur's mother, says the FBI is trying to create a "rift" between East Coast and West Coast rappers. "Whether we accept it or not, the rap groups are a movement...
...were incorrectly identified as major terrorists. Their composite sketches were emblazoned in police stations and news organizations across the country; they were hunted down and detained from work, all because of one supposedly "credible" phone call. The alarm, it seems to me, had more in common with delusional paranoia than with reality. Nonetheless, this case of mistaken identity and mistaken crime is preferable to the counterfactual possibility (as my economics professor loves to elucidate) of lackadaisical standards of crime prevention. At least the Feds took national security seriously--if perhaps too seriously...
...paranoia has increased in direct proportion to the Internet's popularity over the past few years. Usually the fears are baseless and serve only to slow down mail servers across the land. But events last week showed that roads to the Information Superhighway can actually be treacherous, and even the mighty Microsoft Corp. can be slowed down by pot-holes...
...Bill Walczak, a member of the final panel, at age 19 became director of the Codman Square Health Center, widely regarded as Dorchester's first community revitalization group. He urged politicians to ignore their "paranoia of public image" and to roll up their sleeves and get to work...