A hospital area is no place for any kind of violence -no
matter what the provocation. If there is one place where people
should understand the preciousness and fragility of life, it is
on the grounds of the hospital ( as well as inside! )
I completely support the cause of 1199 at Women & Infants
Hospital. But I urge the hot heads to cool it. I believe the
public will support them.
Anyway an article on the strike violence has an item
that would interest amateur etymologists ( Jan. 12, page B3 ) :
Mary Sousa was , a mail courier, was surrounded by a crowd
of pickets the first day of the strike. " Someone also threw a
rock at her window ", the paper says. She described herself
as being " totally PETRIFIED " . As petrified as a kidney
stone, I guess.
On " Sixty Minutes " last Sunday there was a story
about a very dignified and intelligent black man -living
in exile - because way back in 1960 boorish draft board
officials just would not address HIM as MISTER.
According to the dictionary " mister " is just a variation
of MASTER " reflecting reduced stress "
You can see why resentful MASTERS would hesitate to call
an offspring of black slaves, MISTER !
But was all this worth a lifetime of exile ?
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