LUIGI

by Peter Breschard

SEE IT FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.

YOU UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T YOU? 

IT'S YOU AND ME.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ME AND YOU.

SURE I'M IN PAIN. 

GREATEST PAIN I'VE EVER KNOWN. 

IN MY LIFE I'VE RARELY BEEN DENIED. 

THIS PAIN WILL BE WITH ME AS LONG AS I LIVE. 

OR POSSIBLY NOT. 

WHEN THEY FIND A WAY TO MAKE MY AGONY GO AWAY. 

I'LL BE FIRST IN LINE. 

I'LL ALWAYS BE AT THE BEGINNING. 

I DON'T MIND BEING ONE OF THE FIRST, 

AS LONG AS NOBODY ELSE HAS TO SUFFER OR DIE.

I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PRIVILEGES I HAVE HAD NO DUTY CONFERRING. 

YOU UNDERSTAND DON'T YOU? 

YOU GET THAT DON'T YOU? 

IT IS OUR SYSTEM. 

IT'S A PAYOFF. 

A BRIBE. 

SAID THE ORANGE PUSSYCATS. 

WE ARE IDIOTS ABOUT EVERYTHING. 

WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS. 

IF THAT MANY? 

RIGHT? 

RIGHT OR WRONG? 

YES OR NO?

HOW CLOSE DO YOU HAVE TO BE? 

DO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD? 

HOW CLOSE DOES CARNAGE HAVE TO COME? 

TO YOUR CITY? 

IN YOUR COUNTRY? 

TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 

TO YOUR HOME? 

TO YOUR BED? 

DOES CARNAGE FOLLOW YOU TO ITS GRAVE? 

TO YOUR GRAVE? 

AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO STOP IT? 

WHAT DOES THE LAW HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? 

THE GREAT ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN FAILED AT HARPER'S FERRY 

BUT SUCCEEDED ELSEWHERE. 

HE RAIDED PLANTATIONS WHERE SLAVES WERE KEPT. 

BEFORE HARPERS FERRY BROWN MANAGED TO FREE SOME SLAVES.

HE TOOK HOSTAGES WHILE DOING SO. 

WHERE WAS THE MORALITY THERE? 

IS FREEING SLAVES NOT THE MOST NOBLE OF AMBITIONS? 

NOW THERE IS A MAN DEAD WHO PARTICIPATED IN, 

NO, 

HE LEAD, 

A DEADLY HEALTH INSURANCE FLIMFLAM

 CAUSING INCALCULABLE PREVENTABLE DEATHS.

THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS.

THE RIGHT TO DEFEND A THIRD PERSON 

GENERALLY COMES FROM THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE. 

FACTS THAT WOULD EXCUSE A KILLING IN SELF-DEFENSE

 WILL ALSO EXCUSE A KILLING IN DEFENSE OF ANOTHER. 

MAKE NO MISTAKE

THE MAN I KILLED WAS A KILLER.

AND HE WAS KILLING EVERY DAY.

MAYBE WHAT I DID WILL STOP THEM. 

OR, AT LEAST, BEGIN TO STOP THEIR CARNAGE.