Pursuant to the Last Post

An interesting opinion piece from a new(?) contributor to the CBC, on the cracks possibly starting in the NRA's stranglehold of American politics ... I, personally, think he's being a bit overoptimistic: he makes an intriguing observation that the paranoia game is harder to play when you have a government friendly to your cause, however if the midterm elections bring a swing in the balance of Congress it'll be right back to where it was before.

Mainly, though, I like the article for this line:

"... confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz unwittingly left behind the NRA's worst nightmare: articulate, engaged teenagers."

Maybe the reason Millennials are done down so much by the establishment is that they (the latter) can tell they have the potential to change the world.

The Forbidden Emotion

I think I tend to be on a fairly even keel, emotionally – admittedly this is mainly due to a lack of emotion rather than any sort of hard-won balance, but still, I rarely have to struggle with self-regulation or the fallout of an outburst.* Occasionally I am very happy, or sad in a quiet way, but anger – real anger, not peevishness or frustration – is almost unknown.

But every so often ...

Someone will say something ...

And I feel the magma deep down inside go

     ...
               . . .       blorp

And I have to excuse myself in a hurry.


ADDENDUM
When I get angry, I get inarticulate. Luckily A.L. Kennedy has put into clear, calm words exactly the disjointed syllables I would have ineffectually spewed last night if I hadn't run away: The Trolley Problem

*The fallout of not being emotionally responsive enough, on the other hand ...