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.


Free speech in the San Francisco Airport
Friday, November 14, 2003
 
Free Speech Fun Behind Security at the Airport

So, I made it through security at the San Francisco airport this morning, after taking off some of my clothes and having my body patted down by a large, poorly-shaved man with an eagle patch on his shoulder. I'm now in the "sanitized" zone.

Oops! Someone left an Internet terminal here in the "sanitized" zone, and so, I am able to send you all this message of free speech, even though I am sitting in the heart of America's insecurity complex.

With you as my witness, I'll say those words that are supposed to get me thrown out of the airport and into jail:

Bomb! Hijacking! Terrorist plot! Knife! Explosive! Suicide speaker!

Dissent! Critical thinking! Don't Bless America, God - take a vacation in Malawi for awhile, cause you're not doing your job!

Don't go out and shop for America like a Patriot! Save your money and take a day off from work! Spend time with your family!

Homosexual! Prayerlessness! Reading books! Walking! Recycling! Throw your cell phone in the tub!


You have been witness to the first Internet broadcast of a political tourette's seizure from within a major American airport. Thank you.

Oh, the thin blue carpeting! Oh, the horror!

Posted by J. Clifford Cook at 11:11 AM. # (permalink)




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