“Enough, one must go on, these are things that one thinks but does not say.” –Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz
“It was their everyday duty.” –Primo Levi, on Nazi brutality
I recently read the morning paper. I shouldn’t have done that. I also recently read Survival in Auschwitz, by Primo Levi. I shouldn’t have done that either, but for different reasons: it demanded too much grief and asked too many questions. Less recently, I went to a public meeting about a new pet-coke plant that Consolidated Energy wants to put next-to-the-refinery-next-to-the-freeway-next-to-the-asthmatic’s-worst-nightmare. I also shouldn’t have done that, and not just because it involved fighting Read the rest of this entry »
