Tag Archives: compassion

Just Another Ape Behind Glass

Like any other rape in any other zoo, he knew the glass was there but didn’t understand why. Or did he? Glass was considered more humane than bars, but bars allowed at least the chance of touch. Glass didn’t even … Continue reading

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Brutality Is Not the Answer

Someone said:  “I support capital punishment for any person who sexually molests a child.  One cure.  One bullet.” I said, no, that’s just fascism and, when asked for suggestions, wrote the following. /// Oh, this is a layered, subtle topic. … Continue reading

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Make Fear & Hate Irrelevant

Feeling panic beginning to set in? That harsh edge of peer pressure starting to make you jittery and sick in the stomach? Remember something: Corporate media makes shit up to replace facts, then drums those shit points into everyone’s head … Continue reading

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IFF

Enlightened, rational adults think the teabaggers are ignorant and backward thinking but they are actually just representatives of a different, enemy culture, the one our ideals fight against. The one America was founded to fight against. The one that dominates … Continue reading

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Serial Killer Factory

We live in a serial killer factory called, with renewed irony, the United States of America. The FBI is considered Expert Central for all things serial killer, but even the FBI has no idea how many are active at any … Continue reading

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