Miscellaneous

Pat Tillman: Dying Like a Real Man

If we want to teach men to quit killing, we must first teach them to quit dying.And to do that, we first have to go where no one really wants to. We have to teach men to reject the pressures put on them to be protectors and providers first, self valuing human beings a distant second.

The Great White Lie

The Canadian government cooperates with a neighboring government in supplying false information, and is complicit in sending an innocent, peaceful, married father in his thirties straight to hell, to be beaten for hours at a time, days on end, with shredded cables, while listening to other men scream. For this, they are “sorry.” So what?

The Weakest Link

When he was done, I smiled and pointed to the carnage that surrounded us.

“I did all this at only seven dollars per hour,” I said, “and without a contract or benefits. Hell, I did it without even trying.”

Then I handed him my ear plugs and walked toward the door to the break room.