I’ve spoken before of the spectacle that is London’s Notting Hill Carnival (read it first), and apparently this year it’s not too different:
Police have arrested at least 330 people in connection with incidents at the Notting Hill Carnival, the Met said tonight – with three people including a 32-year-old mother left fighting for their lives.
Five people were stabbed today, taking the total across the two days to eight [last year it was nine — K], while three people sustained slash wounds and one incident was said to have involved a corrosive substance.
Nothing says “I Haz My Culture” like tossing acid in someone’s face. As for the rest, same ol’, same ol’. As the rozzers say:
‘We are tired of saying the same words every year’.
Pass.
Two of the most corrosive substances I know are the writings of Karl Marx and the writings of a certain fifth century merchant and eventual warlord. Otherwise, to report the use of a corrosive substance is to intentionally and corruptly obscure the harm of the act for evil purposes.
Windy, I believe that you have absolutely nailed the two most corrosive works of writings. I’d throw in Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” as a third.