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January 31, 2013

No names, please, we're the people responsible.

In the end the causes of the Pendleton'€™s death and the hundreds like her in Chicago will remain as abstract as a Picasso.

The reason the objects of outrage are buildings like City Hall or the White House is simple: its safe to blame a structure but nobody wants to take the risk of naming a persons inside them. That'€™s because people inside the building can reach out and punish you.... As to the nameplates outside the offices, none of them will change. Rahm Emmanuel will remain Mayor of Chicago as all the aldermen will. Nobody in Washington is going to be replaced. But the system will be changed. Some new piece of paper will be required. Some new restriction enacted. And everyone charged with enforcing these new systems will be exactly the same. Only Hadiya Pendleton will change, from living to dead. -- Belmont Club » Sine Nomine

Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 31, 2013 10:26 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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