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Jonathan Vincent
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Everything to my father was a gamble: roulette and blackjack, new rice variants and the arrival of the monsoon. When the pretender monarch Khamsing announced his new Lao Kingdom, my father gambled on civil disobedience. He bet on the teachings of Henry David Thoreau and on whisper sheets on lampposts. He bet on saffron-robed monks marching in protest and the hidden humanity of soldiers with well-oiled AK-47s.
— Sep 26, 2023 09:01AM
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Jonathan Vincent
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This is a story about a ray-gun. The ray-gun will not be explained except to say "It shoots rays."
— Oct 22, 2023 06:40AM
Jonathan Vincent
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Our fate: to be pole-axed and buried in the mud where the bridge of dreams will be built.
— Oct 17, 2023 10:36AM
Jonathan Vincent
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I read in sociology book that when someone in the privileged group marries a minority, they take on the social status of that minority group. ... You look at your child's face, and you don't wonder whose side you're on. You know. That side.
— Sep 29, 2023 03:38AM
