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posted 2002-05-01 11:01 AM by cobra libre:
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Happy May Day!
posted 2002-05-01 12:43 PM by pogo:
During her studies, Sabina lived in a dormitory. On May Day all the students had to report early in the morinign for the pararde. Student officials would comb the building to ensure that no one was missing. Sabina hid in the lavatory. Not until long after the building was empty would she go back to her room. It was quieter than anywhere she could remember. The only sound was the parade music echoing in the distance. It was as though she could hear the sea of an inimical world.
A year or two after emigrating, she happened to be in Paris on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of her country. A protest march had been scheduled, and she felt driven to take part. Fists raised high, the young Frenchmen shouted out slogans condemning Soviet imperialism. She liked the slogans, but to her surprise she found herself unable to should along with them. She lasted no more than a few minutes in the parade.
When she told her French friends about it, the were amazed. “You mean you don’t want to fight the occupation of your country?” She would have liked to tell them that behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unison. But she knew she would never be able to make them understand. Embarrassed, she changed the subject.
A year or two after emigrating, she happened to be in Paris on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of her country. A protest march had been scheduled, and she felt driven to take part. Fists raised high, the young Frenchmen shouted out slogans condemning Soviet imperialism. She liked the slogans, but to her surprise she found herself unable to should along with them. She lasted no more than a few minutes in the parade.
When she told her French friends about it, the were amazed. “You mean you don’t want to fight the occupation of your country?” She would have liked to tell them that behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unison. But she knew she would never be able to make them understand. Embarrassed, she changed the subject.
posted 2002-05-01 03:30 PM by seth:
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http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/wednesday/local_news_c3fcf43ce624b00d00c6.html
Man kills self with chain saw
By Antigone Barton, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
WEST PALM BEACH — A landscaper took his own life with a gas-powered chain saw on the top deck of the Esperante Building garage late Monday night, according to police.
A maintenance employee beginning work found Vidal Meneses, 33, dead in the bed of his pickup truck shortly before 6 a.m.
A Stihl chain saw that had cut halfway through his neck from behind was still in his hands, the switch locked open, according to police.
Police do not suspect anyone else was involved in Meneses’ death.
Meneses, of Lake Worth, had a history of arrests that began when he was 17, on charges that included kidnapping, sex offense against a child and battery.
Man kills self with chain saw
By Antigone Barton, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
WEST PALM BEACH — A landscaper took his own life with a gas-powered chain saw on the top deck of the Esperante Building garage late Monday night, according to police.
A maintenance employee beginning work found Vidal Meneses, 33, dead in the bed of his pickup truck shortly before 6 a.m.
A Stihl chain saw that had cut halfway through his neck from behind was still in his hands, the switch locked open, according to police.
Police do not suspect anyone else was involved in Meneses’ death.
Meneses, of Lake Worth, had a history of arrests that began when he was 17, on charges that included kidnapping, sex offense against a child and battery.
posted 2002-05-01 06:38 PM by ho chi minh:
kundera is an enemy of the revolution. to the reeducation camps!
posted 2002-05-01 06:38 PM by cobra libre:
that’s weird, “antigone burton” is the name of the protagonist of my new novel. shit.
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