Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks, which is a why
Canadian from Nova Scotia, G.W., decided to do something about it, and started
a shooting spree that killed around 16-17 people, as well as the man himself. Pause.
Listen, I am not the best person on this planet – just listen
to me complain about DW (say, ‘Napoleon Bonaparte vs. George Washington’), or
AFO, (i.e. ‘Elephant vs. Rhino’), or even about JFC, (the Majungasaurus
episode, for example). Fair enough and I do not deny that I am probably slowly
going insane, for better or for worse, (probably for worse). Regardless, this
weekend’s events are horrifying for me, and-?
And nothing. There are still a lot of black holes in the
entire investigation, but even before today, (Monday 20, 2020), the official
sources agreed that this incident happened unexpectedly; the unlucky RCMP
officer was summoned to investigate some shooting incident, and it all
snowballed from there. Pause.
Here is the thing. I have seen the photos of the deceased
RCMP officer, and they have a rather Dudley Do-Right feeling to me. Regardless,
this might be me, plus the event happened in a rather obscure town on the
province of Nova Scotia, which is a far call from my home city of Toronto,
Ontario, so this is probably just my inner snob speaking out, and-
-And the RCMP officer and the rest did not deserve to die
for no good reason, just because G.W. might have cracked from the lockdown/quarantine/(self)-isolation
& etc. There is a hierarchy for this sort of thing, it is kept in
proportion, and G.W. blew it all apart. Asshole. Real life does suck, and so he
had a bright idea of making it worse for a lot more people than before. This is
not right. I may be a misanthrope, but I cannot approve of it. What next?
Here is a bit of original fiction that I have created before
I learned about this weekend’s shooting in Nova Scotia and had to talk about it
instead. Yes, in part, this is because of the lockdown/quarantine/etc. people
are also starved of news to talk about, especially not related to COVID-19 or
the Donald, and I am not sure that that is a good thing. Rumors can be nasty
things, once they get out of hand; certainly neither the families of the
deceased nor the investigators of the case in question really need any sorts of
rumors to make their lives even worse – real life sucks already, thanks to
COVID-19 and all… Where were we?
Ah yes, the original fiction, here we go:
In the jungle, branches are
breaking, trees are swaying. It is the rhinoceros, one of the biggest beasts of
the modern world, passing through. It is ignoring thorns and spikes, bushes and
stumps.
Rhinoceros’ hide is thick, like true armour - arrows will break, spears
bend. Only bullets can get through.
...As a result of that, the five modern
rhinoceros species are varying from endangered to extinct in the wild. The horn
size varies from species to species, but all of them are hunted for it,
regardless of where they live, in Africa or Asia...
It is not surprising, then, that the
rhinoceros is a suspicious animal, with an explosive temper!
End.
…Well, this is it for now. Did you like the piece? I hope
that I will see you all soon! Comments and criticisms welcome!
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