Monday, July 13, 2020

A Form of Tribute

Walk along the leafy streets of any neighborhood in so-called ‘brownstone Brooklyn’, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, and you’ll see ‘Defund the Police’ in many a home window. [More]
They just want to make sure their walls aren't tagged, their windows aren't broken, and their houses aren't invaded and burned.

[Via bondmen]

1 comment:

Henry said...

In 1959, this was science fiction paranoia. Today, it's becoming reality.

Beside him, Vic examined the papers that he had brought out of the glove compartment. "What do you make of this?" He held up a long paper strip, brightly colored; Ragle glanced at it and saw that it read:
ONE HAPPY WORLD
At each end, in luminous yellow, a snake coiled into an S-shape.
"Has glue on back," Vic said. "It must be for the bumper."
Holding the strip near the dome light, Ragle read the words: _Federal law requires that this be displayed at all times_.
Mandatory... it had to be on the bumper, or else.
...From the glove compartment he lifted out a stack of strips, ten or eleven of them, all alike. "He must glue it on every time he makes a trip. Probably rips it off when he enters town."...
--Time Out of Joint, Philip K. Dick