In America, it seems as though people would rather pretend things are going fine than assess them for what they truly are. This seems to occur most commonly with acts of the government. The American people have been programmed to believe that the government is completely blameless and always has the citizens’ best interest in mind. That is not always the case, but it still seems as though Americans want to turn a deaf ear when immoral actions of the government are brought to light. Even though they are being told bad things are happening at the hands of their leaders, they still choose to ignore it in most cases. The Sleep Room uncovered the extremely unethical actions of the CIA, but no one made near as big a deal about it as needed. The American people could have taken the CIA’s actions and used them to force change in the country’s government, but they did not. With that being said, it brings up some questions. What factors allowed this research to happen? Could something like that happen today? What if you were an employee of the ward under Dr. Cameron? What pressures might influence your decision to participate? When considering the means by which Dr. Cameron’s experiments took place, it can be very disheartening. To think that the government could let something like this happen, much less fund it, could be very upsetting to someone who has much faith in their country and its values. One of the most disturbing aspects of the argument for the research is that it was in Canada. The American people seemed to accept this defense as kind of an “out of sight, out of mind” situation. If it were not happening right under their noses, then they would rather choose to believe that the government was on the right side of the metaphorical fence than to believe their country was capable of supporting such immoral acts of human research. Dr. Cameron was a very complex person. I truly believe that he wanted to help his patients in the beginning. I think he was honestly bothered by the fact that his patients were showing no sign of improvement. Like any human being, he became so disheartened and upset with himself that he was lost and confused about wh