thread: 2005-06-06 : Happenings
On 2005-06-08, Vincent wrote:
Y'know, the way to stir this up ("I think people should treat each other well!" "Me too!" "Yay!") the way to stir this up would be to talk about violence again.
But, uh, let's not, maybe.
Instead I'll tell a story. Once upon a time I was seventeen years old. I was in love with an Amnesty International chick and I was against the death penalty. I took it up with my dad. "Dad," I said, "the death penalty is bad."
"Oh I dunno," he said.
I layed out my reasons, and as you know they're damn good reasons; whether you're pro- or con-, you have to respect the con- side. Then I clinched it with my clincher and I knew I had him: "it's unfair to the poor."
He was visibly swayed. Unfair to the poor is the worst thing he can think of, my dad. He thought about it for a long, long time. "Well," he said. "Yeah. You're right about all that. But..." and he's stopped talking to me now, he's musing outloud for himself, "but, blood atonement..."
It was the first time I'd heard the words. How about that?
