O! what a fall was there, my countrymen,
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
--William Shakespeare "Julius Caesar," Act III, Scene II
My, my, my, oh what a tangled web we weave.... First we were treated to outright fables and fairytales about a "spontaneous demonstration" supposedly caused by a laughably awful film that few had ever heard of, and even fewer seen.