It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. The 20-odd anti-Bush demonstrators who have engaged in acts of violence against cops or against property are stupid, counter-productive, narcissistic twits who are more interested in drawing attention to themselves than being productive. They also don't understand that they are making the same mistake that Bush does, mistaking aggressive, violent, destructive action toward others for a sign of courage and strength. The other half a million anti-Bush demonstrators have got it right. And that's a pretty good ratio by any measure. Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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