Apologies for dropping the f-bomb in last night's post. It's entirely appropriate as a response to his reprehensible post, but maybe not so appropriate in public. Sorry about that, ya'll.
More later.
About Me
- Paul
- Paul Guest is the author of four volumes of poetry and a memoir. His debut, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, was awarded the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His second collection, Notes for My Body Double, was awarded the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. His third collection, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, was published by Ecco Press/HarperCollins in 2008. His fourth collection, Because Everything Is Terrible, was published by Diode Editions. His poems have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. His memoir, One More Theory About Happiness, was published by Ecco in May 2010 and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. The recipient of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Whiting Writers' Award, Guest lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
6 comments:
The f-bomb? No apology necessary. I thought it pretty much fit the bill.
Actually, I find your post to be admirable in its restraint. I'm completely disgusted and surprised (didn't think I could be anymore) that this theme has been repeated by various armchair Supermen: "Well, if I were there, I would have lead the charge to take him out! It's not like he had machine guns! It was only a .22 and a 9 mm! Why did these people lay down to die?" It's shocking how many people don't realize that the heroics you see in movies ARE FICTIONAL. And newsflash: handguns are pretty lethal too. DUH. Also, the various comparisons I've read to the passengers taking down the terrorists on Flight 93 are blatantly false: the 9/11 terrorists had boxcutters, and the passengers had a window of time in which they were able to get a picture of what was going on and organize a response.
Shameless idiocy by people who think surround-sound is reality.
P.S. I think it's very telling that the article you linked to had an ad for Ann Coulter's book. Chickenhawks of a feather flock together, I guess.
F-bomb is perfectly acceptable in that case. But I could have used a warning that the linked post would cause my blood pressure to skyrocket! Effin' eejit, he is.
I'm more surprised that you didn't drop a cluster of f-bombs . . .
I am officially boycotting what used to be a squeeky clean blog.
Shame on you, Mr. Guest. Shame on you.
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