tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-07-14:425731Reflections of a stormy petrel...from sleep and from damnation,/ Deliver us, good Lord!fpb2018-05-27T06:32:07Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-07-14:425731:671530My reaction to the catastrophe in Ireland2018-05-27T06:32:07Z2018-05-27T06:32:07Znauseatedpublic0Hige sceal þē heardra, heorte þē cēnre, mōd sceal þē māre, þē ūre mægen lytlað... A mæg gnornian se ðe nu fram þis wigplegan wendan þenceð. Ic eom frod feores; fram ic ne wille...<br /><br />Thought must be harder, heart be keener, courage greater, as our strength sinks... If anyone thinks of leaving this battleground, may he weep for ever! I am old; I will not move hence.<br /><br />Abortion is wrong. Period. End of story. The horrendous surrender of one more nation to this evil does not change that. And it does not change my duty as a citizen to oppose this wrong by every power I have.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fpb&ditemid=671530" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments