tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-11:327726 ed_rex ed_rex 2013-04-16T09:23:18Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-11:327726:253411 2013-04-16T09:18:13Z 2013-04-16T09:23:18Z public 0

<p><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"><strong><small>April 16, 2013, OTTAWA &mdash; </small></strong></span> Whenever my Facebook newsfeed starts filling up with prayers and expressions of shock and sadness about tragedy halfway around the world, I find myself wanting nothing more than to scream at all those well-wishers to shut the fuck up with their ritual grief, whether caused by a tsunami, a famine, a school shooting, a bombing in Boston ...</p><b>(<a href="https://ed-rex.dreamwidth.org/253411.html">Read more ...</a>)</b><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ed_rex&ditemid=253411" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments

tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-11:327726:211844 2011-01-11T02:22:59Z 2011-01-11T02:22:59Z public 0

<blockquote><p>"And if those of us considered to be on the left do not re-dedicate ourselves to our vigilance, to eliminate all our own suggestions of violence, however inadvertent they might have been, however mild they might have been, then we too deserve the repudiation of the more sober and peaceful of our politicians, and our viewers, and our networks.</p><b>(<a href="https://ed-rex.dreamwidth.org/211844.html">Read more ...</a>)</b><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ed_rex&ditemid=211844" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments