In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

To Protect and To Serve 

I can't figure out this beating in New Orleans. You know the one where three white policemen beat the blood out of a 64-year-old black man. In every single debate I have heard or seen on this issue, the talking heads etc. keep saying, "Well, we don't know the whole story. We don't know if he was drunk or not." SO WHAT? The kind of beating that man got could only be "justified" if he was a raving lunatic about to destroy the freaking world. You mean if he was drunk it was okay to beat the shit out of him? The other thing they say is that he was not complying. Again: SO WHAT? And what does that mean? If someone was beating the crap out of me and spraying me in the face with pepper spray, I don't believe I could physically comply. I think I would instinctually fight for me life. Wouldn't you?

Resistance is futile.

Don't count on it.
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 10/12/2005 02:13:00 PM
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