books & life

I'm sitting in the library reading Reading Lolita in Tehran and thinking how hard it was to live in Iraq and Iran when I overhear his voice.

An 18-year-old gang banger is talking with a stranger about all of the shootings he's seen and the people he would kill. Discussing Bloods, Crypts, and Nazis that are in town.

I guess every place has its bad side. I don't have to imagine people on the other side of the world to feel compassion for the oppressed and disgust for the oppressors.

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