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[snip] . . . . In the ten years since then, the official violence has been grotesque. Our taxes kill children, with old dead “freedom” rhetoric spoken over the bodies by politicians. At home here in New York City, the 1st Amendment protections that made the Union Square moment possible are strictly hunted down. We have gone to jail for the simple act of shouting or singing in public. Peace – we are told – cannot come from anything but brute force. This infantilizes the citizenry – into consumers only, victims momentarily safe in a culture of fear . . . (more)

http://revbilly.com/chatter/blog/2011/09/our-grief-is-not-a-cry-for-war

(let’s see if censor-prone WordPress will allow this post …. sorry in advance if they cut off the comment feature …. F.C.)