Shit just got real.

I have a couple friends who lived in and around the Troubles, and also people who lived in and around the Rwandan genocide. The Talking Heads song “Life During Wartime” is actually about living in Alphabet City, but it has other, further reaching applications.

While it may sound cool to be a part of an insurrection, I want no part of it. I saw enough of that through the eyes of friends to know it’s not fun. I’m really invested in peaceful change, and I fear we are ripe for the other kind. May G-d have mercy upon our souls.