Only in San Francisco. He'd been to almost every state to witness a halfskin shutdown and he'd never seen picketers. There were scathing editorials and dirty looks, but Americans understood this was a problem and the government was looking out for them. But not in California. They were saving the world one tree at a time, hiking up their sleeves and making humorous signs that belittled the grave danger biomites presented to humanity. And the liberal media was more than happy to slurp up, regurgitate it to the general population so that teenagers around the world believed the government is a big bad wolf coming to blow their house down. They were all going to hell. God did not look kindly on the free-sinning lifestyles of California. He did not approve of their dream worlds. If these people got a job, if they lived in reality, they wouldn't have time to kick off their shoes and parade in front of the Detention and Observation Center.