I'd forgotten about the euthanasia incident. That's certainly on point.
But i'd recalled Katrina while reading this post for another reason: the friendly neighbours who were shooting at people walking down the expressway in an attempt to leave the city. This was a shocking act but I wasn't much surprised. There is a cohort of rural gun-ow…
I'd forgotten about the euthanasia incident. That's certainly on point.
But i'd recalled Katrina while reading this post for another reason: the friendly neighbours who were shooting at people walking down the expressway in an attempt to leave the city. This was a shocking act but I wasn't much surprised. There is a cohort of rural gun-owners in the US who are only too ready to murder (ahem, defend their property) all of those nasty city-dwellers, come the Big One.
I can't think of any literature suggestions that haven't already been mentioned. But have you seen Michael Haneke's film, Le Temps du loup? It's brilliantly understated, and shocking at all the right moments. Like all of his work.
I'd forgotten about the euthanasia incident. That's certainly on point.
But i'd recalled Katrina while reading this post for another reason: the friendly neighbours who were shooting at people walking down the expressway in an attempt to leave the city. This was a shocking act but I wasn't much surprised. There is a cohort of rural gun-owners in the US who are only too ready to murder (ahem, defend their property) all of those nasty city-dwellers, come the Big One.
I can't think of any literature suggestions that haven't already been mentioned. But have you seen Michael Haneke's film, Le Temps du loup? It's brilliantly understated, and shocking at all the right moments. Like all of his work.