peterme.com

For what little it's worth...

I firmly believe the... disgusting? distressing? ... brawl that complete last night's Pacers/Pistons game is a symptom of living in George Bush's America.

America is increasingly a country predicated on fear, hate, and demonizing "the other" (whatever that other is). I wholly expect to see such senseless conflagrations erupt with shocking frequency throughout this land of ours. People are so on edge, so distraught, that it doesn't take much of a spark to light the psychic kindling.