Charles Manson Talks About The Global Elite

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  • Charles Manson talks about how America is owned by foreign companies who don't care about it's people and who only care for money. Thank you for all your positive comments.
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  • @lerch25
    @lerch25 9 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    The truly bizaare thing is this guy at this point sounds much saner than our own government and media.

    • @manorui100
      @manorui100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      lerch25 thats because he is

    • @lerch25
      @lerch25 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sad but true.

    • @dragnar12
      @dragnar12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      lerch25 the more time passes the more sane this gets
      cus poeple understand things more trough leaks and the internet :)

    • @justjewelz2769
      @justjewelz2769 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +lerch25 I believe his is MK ultra mind controlled victim - use him for an agenda then show him as a crazed lunatic they created and then lock him up. Maybe it is time the world starts listening to the ramblings.

    • @100based9
      @100based9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He is

  • @leo9dis885
    @leo9dis885 8 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    "If anyone really does care, they're considered crazy."

  • @nitajo45
    @nitajo45 9 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I have to give him credit on this one. I believe that he is right..

    • @Aivottaja
      @Aivottaja 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +nitajo45
      George Carlin can tell you the same thing. And he never led a murderous cult.

    • @nitajo45
      @nitajo45 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aivottaja I AGREE

    • @jerrynavarro9580
      @jerrynavarro9580 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree

    • @chrispena8186
      @chrispena8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aivottaja Yup great example! I watch him talking about the government and he's spot on!

    • @Aivottaja
      @Aivottaja 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrispena8186
      Since that, my opinion on Manson has changed, though. And my views on Carlin have clarified.

  • @irresistablejewel
    @irresistablejewel 11 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    He talks complete sense and describes the situation we find ourself today.

    • @Squidpaws469
      @Squidpaws469 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Comment is a decade old and only more true 😭.

    • @alicesmith4929
      @alicesmith4929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Deleted my comment for being right

    • @TJ28628
      @TJ28628 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was a genius

  • @51UM
    @51UM 10 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    A man who despises the system cant be part of the system. Call him whatever you want but this guy knows his shit.

    • @51UM
      @51UM 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ***** Prove me right now that HE did that. Dont believe anything the media tells you fool. He can act like a crazy psycho sometimes but he does that because he knows his life is over and doesnt give a shit. Listen to the smart things he says and you realize that he isnt as crazy as they portray him.

    • @51UM
      @51UM 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** "Conspiracy theory" a word thrown into the masses to ridicule the truth. If you take your time and think about the world situation and how some events benefit certain groups you stop using that word. Its a fact that Manson and his people messed with the wrong people. Its also a fact that Manson openly talks about the problems of this world but nobody takes him serious because they think he is a psychotic murderer. If we would actually do the things he talks about the world would be a better place.

    • @sleepymartyr
      @sleepymartyr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** It's actually widely known that it wasn't he who did the butchering, debatable whether anything was ordered by he. Not painting Manson white, but this is what is known. And however it flows, wow, Charles Manson is an intrinsically rad man.

    • @51UM
      @51UM 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** Did you even listen to all his interviews? To the things he said? He exposes the whole fucking system but because of people like you nobody takes him serious. Forget the "fact" that he is a "psychopatic murderer". If we would really do the things he talks about the world would be a peaceful and clean place. Its funny how you despise and ridicule a single man who is allegedly responsible for a few deaths but dont question world governments who systematically kill thousands of people daily. Why dont you do that? Oh I know because its not in the news. You are just a part of the brainwashed masses m8. You follow the mainstream to feel like youre a part of something. Time to open your eyes and think a little bit.

    • @sleepymartyr
      @sleepymartyr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** It was no cult.

  • @fft9917
    @fft9917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Charlie wasn't crazy. He just knew too much.

  • @shady31357
    @shady31357 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    ...The Cold Wind is blowing.

    • @shitstormtrooper1364
      @shitstormtrooper1364 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Got that right.

    • @johnobrien9147
      @johnobrien9147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex Murder he means that things are gonna go to shit in other words

  • @hippieal
    @hippieal ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He’s 100% truthful when you care and you care about others with no greedy motive somehow people are able to try to turn that around to make you be the bad guy

  • @gottiku
    @gottiku 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    He is like the Joker if he was real. Crazy genius.

    • @TheKiddIII
      @TheKiddIII 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Stan Moss best comment I've seen. Childhood is idolizing batman, adulthood is understanding the joker because he makes more sense.

    • @CarlosLosChapin62
      @CarlosLosChapin62 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rick Kidd yeah that's why I loved the dark knight. So many deep messages in movies but go right over people's heads.

    • @gamesmovienation3516
      @gamesmovienation3516 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The thing about joker is sometimes hed mess with your head and sometimes he was just really telling you the ugly truth

  • @martinbrown1710
    @martinbrown1710 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This is bizarre. I'm listening to this after studying revisionist history, bilderbergers, the 9/11 conspiracy, and all that stuff. Manson seems to have a very good comprehension of all this a long time before it became popularized. It makes me wonder for a moment whether Manson was actually a patsy after all . . .

    • @Aivottaja
      @Aivottaja 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Martin Brown
      If Manson was a patsy, they wouldn't have settled on keeping him locked up and free to give interviews.

    • @martinbrown1710
      @martinbrown1710 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Aivottaja I agree - the usual routine with the patsy is to bump him off asap - re Oswald, hijackers, terrorist bombers. However, plenty have not been bumped off - Chapman, Sirhan, etc. Given that Manson has had so much publicity and has become a bit of a caricature boogeyman, I'm sure he's allowed publicity because he appears to be such a madman that anything he says is bound to be considered as the ravings of a lunatic. Whereas previously people have been kept in the dark without access to information largely, in recent years there has been so much information out there that it is equally hard to find the truth. Do you think the swastika on his forehead may be a sign that he was co-opted as an asset by the "Fourth Reich" US government and then used as a patsy?

    • @Hanzey1966
      @Hanzey1966 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      IF Manson was a Patsy He would have been assasinated

    • @martinbrown1710
      @martinbrown1710 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As the realisation of the existence of conspiracies (or just the one) gathers strength - even amongst the more "respected" and "credible" members of society and academia - perhaps it is useful for the powers that be to have someone like Manson there to try and discredit "conspiracy theorists" as crackpots and paranoid lunatics in the traditional way?

    • @MOONSIP2
      @MOONSIP2 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      According to Mae Brussell, he was.

  • @alfredrosenberg1249
    @alfredrosenberg1249 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This doesn't sound crazy at all

    • @lolag1078
      @lolag1078 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Alfred Rosenberg Sounds accurate.

    • @xxxfirehuunterxxx
      @xxxfirehuunterxxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      True, but he didn't (AH) refer to that being the nazi government, but the global elite and the bankers.

    • @Harshalcv11
      @Harshalcv11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you knew that the media will portray anyone crazy if they talk sense. Manson knew how elites work.

    • @jugg9140
      @jugg9140 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It does not until you get to the outcome of his thoughts, which means it was not all that good and the reason why hippy culture died

  • @doctaber2213
    @doctaber2213 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I know Charlie went off the deep end and I am not a fan of what he is known for but every once in while he opens his mouth and he makes sense.

    • @ramzityan7724
      @ramzityan7724 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jason Voorhees i think he kinda did his job, as far as the US government goes, he eradicated the hippie movement and gave the government the excuse it needed to dismantle, arrest, beat up and destroy all hippie self sufficient communes and "reservations" living outside the system and allowed the govt to totally discredit their beliefs and principles

  • @marilynvelez9124
    @marilynvelez9124 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Just because mass murders happened in the past does not mean he is lying when he talks about the global elite everything he is stating here is true. If you are not asleep, for those that are awake in this world you know what he means when he talks about money being just paper if you read about the monetary system. He is a very smart man a mastermind if that.

    • @RJ-pv4sc
      @RJ-pv4sc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marilyn Velez I’ve been watching videos of his talks.. and god I can’t help but think that too. He is genius. Maybe mistook and evidently sadistic but the way I see it.. way back in the day. People kill, people rape, people stole. It’s how America was made. Not saying I know anything to his case.. but it feels he was a pawn or token in a larger movement. So maybe he isn’t crazy.
      My one question is..
      How did he achieve that level of awareness? Yeah he prob did all the psychedelics known to man but it takes more than ego death and drugs like DMT or LSD to be shown things. Was in in deep the system itself too?

    • @ThekidManson
      @ThekidManson ปีที่แล้ว

      Solitary Confinement. He said when he was locked away in a dark cell he looked inside and found another world.I don't know if you've read Chaos by Tom O'Neill but you should. It totally destroys the shelter skelter myth Bugliosi created.Check out some of the letters he wrote Michael Channels on Michael's back porch and you'll see he much more intelligent than people would ever suspect

  • @hillarymack9422
    @hillarymack9422 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Right on, Charlie. Smartest man ever !

  • @90sarcadefighter5
    @90sarcadefighter5 10 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    How intelligent and educated does he sound when not ranting and raving !?!?!

    • @dragnar12
      @dragnar12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      90'sArcadeFighter 33 there is a fine line between insanity and brilliance ;)

  • @OriginalHologram
    @OriginalHologram 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    MANSON FOR PRESIDENT 2016

    • @mikepeters7704
      @mikepeters7704 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      manson forever charlie please don't die.

  • @Steve-wh9ux
    @Steve-wh9ux 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Manchurian Candidate

  • @michaelsands9025
    @michaelsands9025 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Money is a game for people who work for it”
    Goddamn, what a quote.
    Love him or hate him, when he’s not ranting and raving, dudes got some coherent points and he fucking nailed this one.

  • @samuelvasquez9170
    @samuelvasquez9170 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Our government be like "Make the lie big , Make it simple , Keep saying it , and eventually they will believe it." -A.H

    • @chrispena8186
      @chrispena8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Lenin said that too. I know Hitler said that.

  • @alicecampbell2037
    @alicecampbell2037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The strangest part is I see a lot of similarities between him and myself. I like understand him totally.

  • @xierstel5297
    @xierstel5297 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    His final sentence reminds me of the Starks from Game of Thrones. Instead of "Winter Is Coming", it's "The cold wind is blowing."

  • @getredytagetredy
    @getredytagetredy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Manson is honest and tells the truth-thats why ppl cant handle him

  • @Teobi1
    @Teobi1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He can be surprisingly lucid at times. I wish we could see more of this side of him.

  • @j0nl00k
    @j0nl00k 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is only telling you what you want to hear. That is how he takes in vulnerable people, you start off agreeing with him, then he gains your confidence, then the darkness is poured into your head. All the time he tells to think for yourself whilst filling your head with what he wants you to think.

  • @mrwascaly42
    @mrwascaly42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He was so intelligent, he scared the Hell out of the powers that be.

  • @chrishandsome4267
    @chrishandsome4267 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never seen this part of the interview before. Manson was smarter than people gave him credit for

  • @maryfinchum9741
    @maryfinchum9741 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE TRUTH FROM THE MAD MAN ! OLD CHARLY KNEW WHAT WAS UP BACK THEN

  • @Mullet-ZubazPants
    @Mullet-ZubazPants 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've heard him speak cogently before, without the ranting and cryptic riddles. Which makes me wonder how much of the crazy is an act

    • @fft9917
      @fft9917 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He definitely did the dancing & whatnot for the camera's. I mean, what else can you do for fun when you know you're gonna be locked away the rest of your life?

  • @tallthor
    @tallthor 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finding sanity in an insane world

  • @eddiemcdonald4720
    @eddiemcdonald4720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Show this to someone with just the audio and tell them this is Bernie’s speechwriter. They’d believe you

  • @ZackStaxx84
    @ZackStaxx84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I now realize that he is right. Had always been right. Too bad he made the wrong move. Truthers could have benefited by having him on the team. RIP

  • @esoteric67
    @esoteric67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I knew how to create videos. As soon as he says the cold wind is blowing i would instantly go right into hendrix watchtower

  • @JeriDro
    @JeriDro 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im glad your like minded. its refreshing to know there are others out there who understand things at a deeper/truer level

  • @MrSufkut
    @MrSufkut 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you!!!

  • @jerrynavarro9580
    @jerrynavarro9580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So crazy it's TRUE

  • @stickydaddymilk6577
    @stickydaddymilk6577 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    CHARLES MANSON 2016

    • @GuapoMason
      @GuapoMason 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Josef Stalin CHARLES MANSON 2018

  • @godiam8117
    @godiam8117 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyone I listen to Charles Manson - his words are just magical.

  • @Jioxer
    @Jioxer 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is Helter Skelter? I heard of it but I dont really know what it is.

  • @shamrock1234567
    @shamrock1234567 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he actually made some sense, I agree

  • @cathiiannii
    @cathiiannii 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Talks sense..

  • @mattstrk
    @mattstrk 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    so true so true...and look where he is...

  • @ElliottsRevenge
    @ElliottsRevenge 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blow wind, blow.

  • @victoriabrady1998
    @victoriabrady1998 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He sounds like The Joker especially when he referred to money as a game.

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      more like vice versa

    • @ramzityan7724
      @ramzityan7724 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's called "anarchism" and both him and "the joker" got it absolutely right, it is a game, a game meant to turn people into slaves of materialism and consumerism

  • @1992pattrow
    @1992pattrow 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he might be nuts, but still smart as fuck

  • @Constitutionsalvage
    @Constitutionsalvage 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thats a good question...if we the people band together and make a stand ,,they just wait us out until we have no choice but to go back and pay our bills ,school our children ,and work..soo what is the answer?? A peaceful answer and our reps.,congressman who really care about the constitution,liberty,and people.

  • @MontyQueues
    @MontyQueues 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and lots of people dont know the corps behind the countries

  • @pollymahone9392
    @pollymahone9392 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He was right

  • @nirvanapaulpaulunderhill
    @nirvanapaulpaulunderhill 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    "there gonna change because the cold wind is blowing" loved that

  • @lolicanadian
    @lolicanadian 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Golden Rule - Those with the most money makes the rules.

  • @MrSammersELsoho
    @MrSammersELsoho 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is quite something it shows a real humble side of mansion

  • @Constitutionsalvage
    @Constitutionsalvage 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    All i know is ,, he hit the nail on the head...We the people must band together and save our country before these "Greedy Nights of the Round Table take over.!!!

  • @onfin3al6
    @onfin3al6 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    MANSON WAS A SMART MAN IN HIS OWN WAY. He really looked at things different than what we may call normal,but still intelligent. I remember the things he would do to people and never see them. He did have a powerful mind,except for some crossed wires. Listen to his ramblings at times he makes a lot of since.

  • @nuhalao
    @nuhalao 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well said!! That is so true!!

  • @strikkmoez
    @strikkmoez 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm totally blown away by this. I read Helter Skelter and it never mentioned anything like this. Makes me question a lot of what I have been told about a lot of different people.

  • @laserus3333
    @laserus3333 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    truth is truth cant deny that!

  • @Pan3405
    @Pan3405 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your last remark.. You certainly gave the impression!

  • @7550375503
    @7550375503 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    A highly skilled jazz guitarist, Manson performs a version of the Ned Miller classic, "Invisible Tears"/TH-cam. The man is a talented singer & an accomplished guitarist when he wants to be.

  • @noshow22
    @noshow22 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's dead on,so relevant to what's going on today.

  • @danalively3686
    @danalively3686 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this man is so intelligent

  • @CaptainUberObvious
    @CaptainUberObvious 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sanity 101 - Q: I'm presenting a disturbed serial killer as a guru, is this normal? A: Seek help little fella.

  • @KParsonsNY
    @KParsonsNY 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think one thing that has made him so much smarter is that he takes time out of his day to read these books, think thoroughly about what si going on in the world.

  • @xxxfirehuunterxxx
    @xxxfirehuunterxxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He died...rip...knew too much for their liking.

  • @420ojack
    @420ojack 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    WoW , You read my mind , totally with you on this one

  • @mikearthur4253
    @mikearthur4253 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talks sense does Old Charlie.

  • @ItalianSoul1992
    @ItalianSoul1992 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very Intelligent.

  • @GFEBMX
    @GFEBMX 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    no one should be in jail for mental health issues thts not treating the sick wait untill mental health affects u or someone u care about think b4 u type

  • @thermaldog
    @thermaldog 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Manson for President.

  • @TheGiftof7PRESENTS
    @TheGiftof7PRESENTS 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Charlie makes a more sense than people realize....and he NEVER actually killed anyone Physically.

  • @wrabit79
    @wrabit79 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    you don't need charles manson to tell you that i've known this since i was little

  • @martinD122
    @martinD122 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    My high school spanish teacher had Charlie as a student. When she spoke of him as a child she commented that he was the most intelligent student she ever taught. Where the switch flipped and he became a monster is anybodies guess,

  • @bakersfieldmusicnow
    @bakersfieldmusicnow 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    yep...he is right on point

  • @Jioxer
    @Jioxer 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow he is totally right!

  • @oklahomaisok
    @oklahomaisok 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    there is a bit of order in the midst of his chaos, I wonder how much of his craziness is an act.

  • @raffin2040
    @raffin2040 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Manson was too passionate for life the way society says is appropriate. RIP

  • @michealfuckinray
    @michealfuckinray 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    "I've had all the money in the world three times, but I had to give it back to keep the game going." " what game?" " the game, money is a game. It only matters to the people who have to work for it, to people who don't have to work for it, it's monopoly money." Charles Manson

  • @BeautifulGarageband
    @BeautifulGarageband 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can see why people followed him, the man can talk!

  • @Touched_by_a_12_gauge
    @Touched_by_a_12_gauge 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rock on Brother!

  • @adstahr
    @adstahr 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    although he is outlandish,,manson is and has always been alot smarter than ppl believed him to be,,,in order to understand the mentality of charles manson, u cant just judge him on his "manson family" experience,,,u have to look back at his childhood and how he basically raised himself on the streets and behind bars,,its a dog-eat-dog world out there,,the way we grow as children significantly affects how we dictate our paths in life as adults

  • @ericjohn9613
    @ericjohn9613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    he has right

  • @nuhalao
    @nuhalao 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, I was just thinking about that. That would have been epic!!

  • @NWOisUponUs
    @NWOisUponUs 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    and that is how all genius people are viewed.

  • @derekdiercksmeier486
    @derekdiercksmeier486 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Man Is A Genius.

  • @strikkmoez
    @strikkmoez 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    A book about Charles Manson...or a song by Paul Mcartney.

  • @OwlCUlater
    @OwlCUlater 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Manson....I understand...I get it.

  • @CompaJalisciense310
    @CompaJalisciense310 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i live in corcoran where hes at and people say that they take him out for walks at the park

  • @thenewthought86
    @thenewthought86 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    he's extremely educated, it's just the way he projects his education is a little raw

  • @sidvicious7180
    @sidvicious7180 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    he is so freakin intelligent it is scary

  • @420ojack
    @420ojack 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    agreed , Well said

  • @jokerx71
    @jokerx71 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    His 8 vs Obamas Drone Strikes? lol

  • @meganisamisfit
    @meganisamisfit 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think Charles Manson is a very misunderstood individual. i identify with him.

  • @genefury75
    @genefury75 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is true very true

  • @TheNIGPATROLL
    @TheNIGPATROLL 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    makes you wonder..........who else

  • @gunkwretch102
    @gunkwretch102 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    funny how people dont realize he Manson is an environmentalist, it was his main motivation air trees water earth ATWE

  • @hotdogsauce
    @hotdogsauce หลายเดือนก่อน

    guy was smart. as. phoc. believe it.

  • @MAMP
    @MAMP 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree.

  • @genefury75
    @genefury75 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    very true amazing how that works

  • @KillersTouch
    @KillersTouch 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes

  • @Jayskiallthewayski
    @Jayskiallthewayski 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    True...

  • @dirtymushroom-hollybubba3796
    @dirtymushroom-hollybubba3796 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    free Charlie!!!

  • @BarwonDarlington
    @BarwonDarlington 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don’t shot the messenger.