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You discover that Howard Zinn passed away.

Well.

I suppose it's time to read his book, right?

Edited to add 29.01.09: Dude, J.D. Salinger died as well.

Is this supposed to be the year of Authors Dying? I'll keep my eyes open.

Date: 2010-01-28 09:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/vinyl__/
Wow. I was supposed to attend a Q&A with him on the 6th, at my uni.

Date: 2010-01-28 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
I've only heard him speak on teevee and was very impressed. And I've read articles of his.

Date: 2010-01-28 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
I heard him speak once, at my college. He'll be missed.

Date: 2010-01-28 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
He was a truth teller.

Date: 2010-01-28 03:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] brewsternorth.livejournal.com
Which one? A People's History of the United States or You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train? (Apparently they're both good, though I've only ever read APHOTUS and found it fascinating.)

Date: 2010-01-28 05:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
A people's history.... It was translated a few years ago into Hebrew and I'm wondering whether to splurge.

Date: 2010-01-29 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mao4269.livejournal.com
Apparently J.D. Salinger died yesterday, too!

Date: 2010-01-29 12:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eumelia.livejournal.com
Dude.

Thanks for letting me know!

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V and Justice

V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.

Justice: Good evening, V.

V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...

Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.

V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."

V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.

Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!

V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!

V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.

Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...

V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!

V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.

V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.

Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?

V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.

*KABOOM!*

-"V for Vendetta"

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