Saturday, April 01, 2006

Crossing the Border


I have to admit, it is hard to reflect honestly on something I have been ignoring for the past three days. Not that I haven’t been thinking about death row in North Carolina, or about the two men who will be killed by my state in the next month and a half, or about our trial coming up on April 20th. I have been thinking about these things as I’ve been visiting my parents in Nova Scotia, Canada. We’ve even discussed death row and executions themselves—having just learned from a friend that on an executed inmate’s death certificate the manner of death recorded is “homicide” and the cause of death is “legal execution.” How can a piece of information like that be ignored? But I have not been wearing the Scarlet “I” since I got a funny look from the security screener at the Toronto airport on Wednesday. I got really shy and didn’t think I should talk to a Canadian about the death penalty and about American idol worship. And I haven’t worn the “I” since. I
am trying to reflect on this and find something deep within me that is going on, but, honestly, I think I have just been lazy. I am on vacation and I am sick and I want to take a break from forced conversations about idol worship in the U.S. As if I can hide from it here. So today, this reflection, if good for nothing else, is forcing me into wearing the “I” for my last day here in Canada. Because idol worship certainly didn’t stop as I crossed the border.

-Leah

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