I love this story, just came across it and thought I'd share. Please note, the "Jim" below is not me, which is kind of shocking:
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
― Maurice Sendak
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Good Morning America! And Go Fuck Yourself!
Have you been following this case of the guy in Florida who shot an unarmed black teenager who was walking home with a bag of skittles? The police even told the dude to leave the kid alone, and he followed him and shot him—and HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME. Because under Florida law, it’s legal to murder someone if you feel threatened.
More here: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/10780286-florida-stand-your-ground-law-could-complicate-trayvon-martin-teen-shooting-case
So called “justifiable homicides” have tripled in that state since this law has been passed. I am sick over this. America will not be worth the dirt it is built on until it lets go of it’s disgusting obsession with firearms. A person who is not a law enforcement officer who carries a weapon is nothing but a murderer to be looking for an excuse. I am so furious and disgusted with that something like this can happen in the United States. We should ALL be deeply ashamed. A person with a gun is not some “citizen hero” defending his community and family from evil—they are a threat to themselves, their families, and their communities. It’s no coincidence that gun owners are 8 times more likely to be victims of crimes than non-gun owners. These weapons, these hazards, create a FALSE sense of security, and nothing more. A person is more likely to be struck by lightning several times over than to actually defend themselves against an attacker with a firearm. Yet, 6 to 8 children are accidentally shot every day in this country—note that doesn’t include intentional murders or suicides. No one would put their money into an enterprise that lost so much while gaining so little, but then again, in a capitalism-obsessed society, money is valued far more than human life. We see that every day when environmental protection, health care, and safety regulations are shot down for the sake of making sure rich people don’t have to pay taxes on their yachts and other stupid shit. We are in a country that lets people die for the sake of letting an uninformed minority of “gun owners” keep their toys. We are a country that takes to the streets in rage over a few extra bucks in taxes to heal the sick, but yawns and changes the channel back to the Simpsons while children are murdered in cold blood for no reason.
Good morning America … And go fuck your fat ass with a flagpole.
More here: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/10780286-florida-stand-your-ground-law-could-complicate-trayvon-martin-teen-shooting-case
So called “justifiable homicides” have tripled in that state since this law has been passed. I am sick over this. America will not be worth the dirt it is built on until it lets go of it’s disgusting obsession with firearms. A person who is not a law enforcement officer who carries a weapon is nothing but a murderer to be looking for an excuse. I am so furious and disgusted with that something like this can happen in the United States. We should ALL be deeply ashamed. A person with a gun is not some “citizen hero” defending his community and family from evil—they are a threat to themselves, their families, and their communities. It’s no coincidence that gun owners are 8 times more likely to be victims of crimes than non-gun owners. These weapons, these hazards, create a FALSE sense of security, and nothing more. A person is more likely to be struck by lightning several times over than to actually defend themselves against an attacker with a firearm. Yet, 6 to 8 children are accidentally shot every day in this country—note that doesn’t include intentional murders or suicides. No one would put their money into an enterprise that lost so much while gaining so little, but then again, in a capitalism-obsessed society, money is valued far more than human life. We see that every day when environmental protection, health care, and safety regulations are shot down for the sake of making sure rich people don’t have to pay taxes on their yachts and other stupid shit. We are in a country that lets people die for the sake of letting an uninformed minority of “gun owners” keep their toys. We are a country that takes to the streets in rage over a few extra bucks in taxes to heal the sick, but yawns and changes the channel back to the Simpsons while children are murdered in cold blood for no reason.
Good morning America … And go fuck your fat ass with a flagpole.
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