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The Continuing Story of Bungalow Ken
03/02/2003

Tim Blair notes that the human shield movement has, well, run into some not-unexpected difficulties in carrying out its mission to handpick targets that the U.S. government will only destroy by rare accident. Tim's got more details, but one passage of the news story that he quotes gave me a laugh:

The heavily-tattooed O'Keefe, who earned the title "black Ken" on account of his penchant for the colour and outlook on life, had alienated his companions who felt he had developed both a death wish and a messiah complex. Prone to tantrums and mood swings, his credibility had not been helped by the fact that he had, for much of the journey, been accompanied by his mother, Pat.

Maybe Manson was right, and the Beatles' White Album really was prophetic:

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mom
He's the all American bullet-headed saxon mother's son.
All the children sing

Most of the language is symbolic, of course.

(via Instapundit)

Posted by Justin Katz @ 09:50 AM EST



1 Comment


Re tattoos: Theodore Dalrymple has a fascinating chapter on the mentality, life & habits of people who choose to be tattooed in his book "Life at the Bottom".

Cheers
Judy

Judy Power @ 03/02/2003 07:16 PM EST