Miscellaneous

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.