A Sacrifice to Remember

The last Monday in May is Memorial Day, when citizens of the World Cop by the grace of Baby Jesus pay tribute to that portion of the price worth paying which had the privilege to die American. This year the holy festival took place within days of the massacre at Uvalde, and citizens have taken the opportunity to assert, with patriotic alacrity, their sacred rights under the Second Amendment. At least fourteen mass shootings (defined as incidents with four or more successful target utilisations) took place over the weekend, causing at least nine deaths and more than sixty injuries; and when humbler scores are factored in, the triumph of NRA democracy is manifest in a total of five hundred and sixty-eight hits. Although the casualties included numerous potential soldiers and their incubators, America's friend God seems to have weathered the whole affair with His customary equanimity.