Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:58 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Just heard that Cindy's mother had a stroke so she's leaving Crawford
for now.
The thought just occurred that, as Pat Robertson is claiming the
retirement of Sandra O'Connor from the Supreme Court as being an answer
to a prayer he did a couple of years back (based, surely, on how
improbable it is that an octogenarian might want to retire), there may
be certain factions of people now who are seeing this as an answer to
their prayers, or at least an "uppity b*tch" getting what she deserved.
I really don't like imagining a society that tolerates such individuals
in its midst, but it's dishearteningly clear that the US is such a
society. Maybe because there haven't been enough cries of "shame on you"
from the right places.
Whatever happened to shame? It was a big thing when I was a kid, at
least among us kids. There seems to be a lot less of it.
There are things considered shameful that I don't think are, and things
that I think are dreadfully shameful that the same sort of people that
would deny you parenthood don't bat an eyelash at. This thoroughly sucks.
And I think I need to eat some lunch before I go completely to where
it's impossible to put thoughts or feelings into words. I may make
another attempt at this later, if I can make myself some time for it.
Julia
but hey, the patio is a lot cleaner now!
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