Media Monitor 2: An Obscene Farce! St Vincent St, Independence Sq, Memory Lane and and Shit Street
Two words, no more. But I know I heard controlled anger. I know I heard complete disbelief.
“You mean you read (
she used the present tense) that Sunday Guardian editorial,” she said, her voice almost breaking with the effort not to lose control, “and only see grammatical errors?”
Photo: Mourners at a candlelight vigil.
I know I heard unconcealed contempt in the last two words. I don’t know what is the opposite of empathy but I know I heard it in those two words as well. It was very clear that she would be mortified to find herself in that hellish place which must be home to anyone who can be hard-hearted enough as not to be moved to tears by Our Obscene Tragedy.