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on silence
so, men with uniformsbadges and guns waitedfor other menwith uniforms, badges and gunsto come to the rescue? do you know the children’s rhyme of the old woman who swallowed a fly then swallowed a spider, a bird and a cat a dog and a goat, a cow and a horse after that? ~ CLP 28/05/2022 Read more
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on education
children of Texaslearn drills to escape shooterslaw-makers profit Mauripol childrenlearn Russian curriculumteaching at gunpoint ~ n.b. In the USA the elephant in the classroom carries a gun because of a constitutional change way back in 1791. Surely it is time for a review of that blood-stained document? https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/05/gun-rights-groups-set-new-lobbying-spending-record-in-2021/ In Ukraine the elephants are cancelling school Read more
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“America is killing itself”
Like Dunblane, the horrorLittle children trapped, shotWith their teachersA single man with all the hatred a heart can musterYou can’t buy a beer when you’re eighteen in TexasBut you can buy two gunsWalk into an elementaryAnd murder twenty-one ~ n.b. For the editorial that spawned the headline above, check out Le Monde, the Parisian daily Read more
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