Posted On: July 23, 2007, 12:49 pm CDT

Posted By: V

Good evening, readers. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this Kim David, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice aimed at Ralph, intolerance and oppression because his name is hard to spell, and last of all, hatred of men. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance like Kim coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. Do as she likes or she'll throw down the gauntlet...How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease, deductibles, premiums, co-pays. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense...things like gravity, water wanted to run down hill, obtaining flood coverage...Fear got the best of Kim, and in her panic she turned hatred. You long for promises, but be careful you do not attach yourself to the wrong person, onewho promised you order, promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen of Britain wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of Kim David remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me this November 5th, on the levies of Orleans, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.