tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post4094971668778121067..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: What I think about when I think about gunsElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90762769929930636042020-09-09T08:34:49.317-07:002020-09-09T08:34:49.317-07:00Cor, this was beautiful and raw and straight to th...Cor, this was beautiful and raw and straight to the heart. Thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49103019920546650522020-09-09T07:40:18.793-07:002020-09-09T07:40:18.793-07:00When I heard that one should never be a gun owner ...When I heard that one should never be a gun owner unless one is willing to shoot to kill another human, I knew I would never own a gun. So much of our nation's ills can be laid at the foot of gun violence. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52961584419298554122020-09-04T10:23:19.140-07:002020-09-04T10:23:19.140-07:00OMG. I love that Robinson quote. So many people li...OMG. I love that Robinson quote. So many people live in a bizarre, perplexing state of continual heightened fear. I mean, the world can be scary, but not the kind of scary that requires weaponry. (That's a telescope in the picture, right?!)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77135803781351350882020-09-02T01:48:03.573-07:002020-09-02T01:48:03.573-07:00I can see the striking resemblance of Sophie to yo...I can see the striking resemblance of Sophie to you in that photo... and I thought that was a Gun muzzle too in the image! The Man and I are polar opposites when it comes to Guns... of coarse he was Career Military, 39 Years and a trained Sniper for the USMC. I only ever fired a Rifle once at skeet when I was a Kid and it almost knocked my shoulder out of joint and I didn't like anything about shooting even inanimate objects, let alone another living sentient being! It is so grotesque in our Nation right now... as we slide into an Authoritarian Regime it is terrifying in fact. There are far too many Americans who will embrace violence, hatred and running amok with their beloved weaponry turned against other Americans. Those who have remained Silent thru all of this fuckery are complicit in where we now find ourselves. We cannot Normalize any of this!Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12602369586159407972020-09-01T16:03:58.023-07:002020-09-01T16:03:58.023-07:00I never noticed the "gun". I noticed you...I never noticed the "gun". I noticed you reading and then I noticed the fire place.<br />Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48723737029527893052020-09-01T10:41:24.109-07:002020-09-01T10:41:24.109-07:00Yes. Grotesque. And a country that normalizes a nu...Yes. Grotesque. And a country that normalizes a nuclear arsenal is corrupt and crazy. We are one of a number of countries who, day and night, year after year, are capable of committing horrific murder by nuclear weapons. So much can no longer be ignored.<br /><br />Coincidentally, my post with the largest number of views was written in response to the pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis by policemen during the Occupy movement in 2011:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper_spray_incidentamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-75136698891893992272020-09-01T07:04:00.294-07:002020-09-01T07:04:00.294-07:00What Ms.Moon said. We are grotesque. Struggling to...What Ms.Moon said. We are grotesque. Struggling to see how this country can heal . sbreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032476392865077286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-69933459900527925662020-09-01T06:15:04.442-07:002020-09-01T06:15:04.442-07:00You're right. Marilynne Robinson is right- we ...You're right. Marilynne Robinson is right- we are grotesque. There is no more accurate way to describe what our country has become. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60417078030205214772020-09-01T05:00:52.376-07:002020-09-01T05:00:52.376-07:00To have a gun is to acknowledge the fact that you ...To have a gun is to acknowledge the fact that you are willing to take the life of another, unless it's a hunting rifle, although that is still taking the life of another.<br /><br />To kill a human being places a heavy burden on your soul. You carry that soul with you for the rest of your life. I don't think people think about that, but there are consequences.<br /><br />Most people don't think though, I am convinced. Humankind feels like a failed experiment right now.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.com