tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733603931664057998.post8486572238949870754..comments2023-09-22T06:07:35.495-07:00Comments on This Crowded Skin: Oh Hello. And Also: Caturday in the Summerkarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733603931664057998.post-54072231021654912662018-08-26T19:24:26.110-07:002018-08-26T19:24:26.110-07:00Hi Ken. Thanks for the welcome. I don't know i...Hi Ken. Thanks for the welcome. I don't know if I have much to say, but I kind of like having a blog. And the people I know through it. <br /><br />I don't think we can really erase history. We can only see it through a new lens. MacDonald stood in a place of respect where that respect hurt First Nations. He will be moved somewhere else, with new context. We can remember that the railroad and the nation he built, while useful and comfortable to some of us was built on the pain and subjugation of others. I hope the planet survives long enough for us to stop doing this to one another. karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733603931664057998.post-66025781961787161722018-08-24T13:12:51.800-07:002018-08-24T13:12:51.800-07:00Karen!
I am so glad to see you still writing, and...Karen! <br />I am so glad to see you still writing, and not in a burned-up state, and with cats and a garden, and oh, joy. <br />I agree with you on all points but only hesitatingly on the John A. statue. Ultimately, I get it: it'd be like Jews in Berlin having to pass by a Hitler statue every day. But erasing history is dangerous, too: we can certainly live in a world that does better, but we can't live in a world that DID better. Ken Breadnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011875491441644513noreply@blogger.com