United States v. Linda Hamilton
Defense Argument by Perry Mason
Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and Dr. Silberman,
We stand at the precipice of human history, the Doomsday Clock ticking ever closer to midnight. A nuclear holocaust is no longer the stuff of paranoid fantasy—it is a very real possibility. It is in times such as these, times of great tribulation, that humanity seeks hope in those willing to sacrifice everything to safeguard the future.
Linda Hamilton—Sarah Connor, the name by which many know her—has been accused of madness, of dangerous delusions. But I ask this court: is it truly madness to prepare for what is inevitable? Is it criminal to act in defense of a future that the very experts of our time warn us is in jeopardy? No, Your Honor. It is noble—perhaps the noblest act imaginable—to even attempt to bring forth a savior in an era that seems destined for destruction.
Ms. Hamilton stands before you trapped in a Catch-22, a cruel paradox:
- If she does nothing, she is negligent in her duty to the future.
- If she takes action, she is deemed insane.
This is damned if you do, damned if you don’t at its most tragic.
But what is the true crime here? Is it the actions of a mother trying to protect her child and the future of humanity? Or is it the system that seeks to medicate, suppress, and silence those who see the coming storm and dare to sound the alarm?
Dr. Silberman, I do not question your expertise, but I plead with you to reconsider the course of action taken against Ms. Hamilton. Rather than imprisoning her mind under the fog of psychotropic drugs, let us instead extend a hand of reason and rehabilitation. Allow her to become a voluntary patient, free from the chemical restraints that dull her brilliance and her vision.
Orthomolecular medicine has long provided an alternative to the forced sedation of those deemed “unfit” by society. Let Ms. Hamilton be given the vitamin therapy, the natural healing that will restore her vitality and sharpen her mind—not dull it.
Your Honor, history has a way of vindicating those once branded as heretics and madmen. Today, you have a choice. Will you condemn Sarah Connor, or will you recognize that sometimes, those who see the future most clearly are not insane—they are simply ahead of their time?
I rest my case.