commemoration of william wilberforce (30 july)

i can't help but find it a bit ironic that william wilberforce, m. p., is on the calendar of american episcopal church given our temerity to become involved in "political" issues, leaving war to the generals.

there is a poster at one of the local save-the-earth-by-buying local/organic/expensive grocery storesthat i think illustrates the double-speak of these times. it speaks against slave-made merchandise, being a thinly-veiled ad for the cottage schlock for sale next to it, and it contains the serious untruth that "there is today no powerful economic force backing slavery." hah!

i recommend, if you haven't already found it, a wonderful book by a 15-year old boy, zack hunter: be the change