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Memory Loss Pandemic

For weeks, and in some cases stretching into months, even years, politicians and other public figures in Ireland, Canada, and the United States have been suffering the ravages of a particularly virulent form of amnesia.

Hapless citizens have watched in agony as their past and present representatives have appeared in front of tribunals (Ireland), parliamentary committees (Canada), and Commissions (United States), delving into sundry happenings in all three countries.

Again and again they have wept at the sight of men and women in their prime suffering the early onslaught of Alzheimer's disease, unable to recall exactly when they did or did not do something, where they were when they did or did not do something, who was in the room when they did or did not do something, how many windows were in the room where they did or did not meet somebody, when they knew or did not know something, what they were told or not told about something, whether there was or was not a meeting that they did or did not attend, but convinced that if they did or did not do something it was the right thing to do or not to do.

Seeing their genuine and sincere inability to remember, and hearing their genuine and sincere remorse at their inability to remember, citizens of all three countries have expressed alarm at the spread of the disease amongst those upon whom they depend for truth, transparency, and accountability, the three most important virtues that hitherto they have associated with persons elected or appointed to high office.

Can it be due to undue stress that those most affected suffer such affliction? Can the cause be attributed to improper diet? What about degradation of the environment? Something in the genes? Or too tight jeans?

Is it a matter for the World Health Organization to investigate? Should the Centre for Disease Control be alerted? Is it possible that modern medicines will not be the cure? Should traditional medicines be tried? Acupuncture? A holistic approach? Injections? A truth serum? Truth? What is truth? Wasn't it Pilate who first asked that question? Pilate? "I don't remember!"

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