12 Dec 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 4 Comments. Tagged peter watts, writing
Peter Watts
Just incase 2009 didn’t suck enough already…
Awesome Canadian science fiction writer and email buddy of mine Dr Peter Watts was beaten, pepper sprayed and arrested by US border guards this week. The story is up on Boing Boing and here in his own words.
I know it’s a bad time of year to be asking for donations, but if you can contribute a few bucks to his defense fund, please do. He’s gonna need it.
4 Comments
December 13, 2009 11:02 am
flinthart
Hmm. You already know I tossed some cash into the pot the moment I found out about this. What’s pissing me off is the number of braindead fuckturds commenting around the traps to the tune of “…oh, well he obviously did something wrong…” or “…he’s an idiot for stepping out of his car and behaving confrontationally…”
Freaks me out, really. So many Yanks still talking about the Land of the Free, and yet they don’t bat an eyelid at the fucking insane behaviour of the goons that shove them around in the name of governance. And classic “blame the victim” bullshit abounds.
Cretins.
December 13 2009 20:18 pm
Cat @
I freakin hate the blame the victim mentality. This shit could so easily happen to any of us just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Unbelievably, some folks are even claiming all this is a publicity stunt!!!
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