Comments on: FIREWORKS DAY http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/07/04/fireworks-day/ Little Bill. Just Words. Just Images. Just Me. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Kae http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/07/04/fireworks-day/comment-page-1/#comment-3776 Kae Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:54:21 +0000 http://www.littlebill.net/wordpress/2007/07/04/fireworks-day/#comment-3776 I know what you mean... and frankly, I don't know what to do about it. Boy and I were talking the other day, and he aptly pointed out that protest has lost its edge. Think about it.... in our parents' generation, protests occured outside of the law - now, people file permits to demonstrate. The irony of that is painful. ("May I please have permission to speak out against you? I may? How much do I have to pay you to speak out against you? $75? Sure. Thank you for permission to speak against you!") Everybody is so close to broke (how long could YOU go without a paycheck? Couple of weeks? Couple of months? Less? I'd give myself two weeks, tops, before I was deeply worried about how the cats and dog and hubby and I were going to buy food) that the idea of risking security is truly frightening... I know exactly what you're saying... but, like I started out - I don't know what exactly to DO about it.... I know what you mean… and frankly, I don’t know what to do about it. Boy and I were talking the other day, and he aptly pointed out that protest has lost its edge. Think about it…. in our parents’ generation, protests occured outside of the law – now, people file permits to demonstrate. The irony of that is painful. (“May I please have permission to speak out against you? I may? How much do I have to pay you to speak out against you? $75? Sure. Thank you for permission to speak against you!”) Everybody is so close to broke (how long could YOU go without a paycheck? Couple of weeks? Couple of months? Less? I’d give myself two weeks, tops, before I was deeply worried about how the cats and dog and hubby and I were going to buy food) that the idea of risking security is truly frightening…

I know exactly what you’re saying… but, like I started out – I don’t know what exactly to DO about it….

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