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In The Madness of Crowds, did you pick up on any historical or geographical details of interest? Tell us about it and what you appreciated learning about in The Madness of Crowds.
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“Yes,”said Reine-Marie. “Ewen Cameron took men and women who’d come to him for help and he tortured them. Here. At the Allan Memorial Institute. At McGillUniversity. For years. In full view. And no one stopped him.” Governments do commit heinous acts against unsuspecting citizens. MKUltra which was carried out from 1953-1973 by the CIA of the United States and the Canadian government is one such study. The goal was to study brain washing techniques. But they did not have people’s permission to conduct these experiments. They were tricked into thinking they would be getting help with such problems as depression, insomnia, anxiety, headaches, or postpartum. Instead they were tortured. As abhorrent as Abigail’s plan was at least the citizens of Canada would know up front what their government was advocating and/or adopting as policy. I realize I am comparing fact with fiction in my response. I do this to show if MKUltra really happened then maybe the fictional plan Abigail had isn’t so far out of the question.
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Truly an important bit of history and an acknowledgement of how individual rights can and have been abridged by some government actions. I am reminded of real life abuses including the Tuskegee study of the natural history of syphilis conducted by denying treatment to African American men. Human research subject protections are required now but the legacy of past abuses remains.
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I often wonder about Agent Orange used so freely during the Viet Nam conflict. How much about it’s affects on humans did our government really know. I know so many men who are suffering today because of their exposure to it. It’s shameful what is done in the name of the “Greater Good”.
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The COVID pandemic itself; that is a bit of history I would have preferred not to participate in but then wouldn’t we all. LP weaves it into the story and, in a way, made it more personal story than some. I don’t think I learned something new or different but the way LP uses it reminds me that this was an event that touched all of us.
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Harold Shipman an English serial killer who was a doctor; Lac Massawippi–how beautiful it is; Nanaimo British Columbia–the Harbour City, formerly the Hub City because of its original layout with streets radiating from the shoreline like the spokes on a wheel and Abu Ben Adhem, a poem by James Henry Leigh Hunt about a man who asks an angel to write his name as one who loves his fellow men in a book of God
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Nanaimo is a lovely city. I really enjoyed a couple days there and Nanaimo bars are not to be missed!
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I looked up a recipe for Nanaimo bars; they sound really good, especially for a chocolate lover.
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