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A Lesion of Dissent
Scenes from A Lesion of Dissent
Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas
"There's a lot here," the lawyer said. "I worked on the
defense for Aptheker, you know."
"For who?"
"One of the victims of McCarthy," Edna said. "He'd have got the death penalty, but Jerry
found some law. They had to drop the death penalty."
"Oh, you give me too much credit, Edna," Jerry said. "But there's an issue here.
Habeas corpus. If we can file you habeas corpus, then federal law applies. We can go all
the way to the Supreme Court."
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Maybe it is the crocodiles...
"Shush," Carol said. "I don't want to hear it until you can tell me slow, like the
lovemaking you promised me that night on the shore by the mosque at Wadi Halfa."
"When the last rays of the sun were splintering off the crescent."
"And we were going to swim out, but we didn't know about the crocodiles."
Maybe it is the crocodiles that deserve much more of our attention than I, at least,
have ever given them. They have endured millions of years upon this earth living by one
simple principle - to devour everything that comes before the sweep of their jaws. A
crocodile does not hesitate.
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Scenes from A Lesion of Dissent
He fixed it for Aptheker...
I passed by her as
she came back out onto the patio. "Whatever it is that's so important, do what Jerry says
to do," she said. "He fixed it for Aptheker."
"All right," I said. "I'll follow Jerry's advice."
I had looked up Aptheker. He had
gone to prison. I wondered if Edna remembered that.
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Jamming at the Fillmore
The musicians had barely missed a beat as I promised the crowd
that together we could put an end to war. When I paused after "put an end to war", the guitars riffed. The crowd came back
around to it along with the guitars. "Put an end to war," they sang. They could dance to
that. So I kept at it, promising them magic.
"Jane Fonda is coming," I said, "to put an end to war." The riffs came round.
"Cesar Chavez is coming," I said, "to put an end to war." The riffs came round.
"Joan Baez is coming," I said, "to put an end to war." Whom did I not promise?
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