There is only one kind of mass shooter.... The eternal media fuss about his mysterious unknown motives is a tedious distraction; lots of people experience the difficulties and unhappinesses these people do and don't go shoot lots of people.
61% of Americans support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
76% of Democrats.
57% of Independents.
49% of Republicans.
But only… 11% of Congress has called for a ceasefire.
A.リンギス『何も共有していない者たちの共同体』野谷啓二訳(洛北出版)。ソクラテス以前から、人類は合理的な了解によって共同体を形成しようとしてきました。しかし、その手前にもうひとつ別の共同体が存在します。それが、タイトルにもある“The Community of Those Who Have Nothing in Common.”
Without protests, we would still live in a segregated country.
Without protests, women would still be second class citizens.
Without protests, the LGBTQ+ community would still be hiding their identities.
フィッツジェラルドも村上春樹も、愛する人の「喪失感(feeling of loss)」を描く。対極にあるのは「感覚喪失(loss of feeling)」に陥った人々。彼らは「喪失感」を恐れるあまり、愛を捨てた。『ねじまき鳥』のワタヤノボル然り、『ギャツビー』のデイジーやトム然り。現代なら、新自由主義の申し子か。
“This is our story; this is our life. It is very important to us.”
Staffers at Ukraine’s largest art museum in Lviv are packing away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian invasion advances west.
抗議活動といえば、昨年に青幻舎から翻訳が出た『Protest!』は名著だと思います。紀元前12Cから“Friday for Future”に至るまで、この世界をベターなものへ変えてきた多彩な社会運動が紹介されています。記録に残る最古の「座り込み抗議(sit-down protest)」を行ったのは、ピラミッド労働者でした。
“The thing of course, is to make yourself alive. Most people remain all of their lives in a stupor. The point of being an artist is that you may live. ”
One of the loveliest, most life-expanding letters a father has written to his child
#FathersDay