Eagle Scavengers

"If you could drive you could get a better job."-- Daniel Raudenbush, a director who hit the nail on the head

I could have written a piece similar to that of James Mulvaney. Obviously I did not, and I do not resent his byline; I resent the fact that I cannot marshal my facts fast enough to mediate between timeliness and an interesting perspective. Mulvaney is persuasive, but a devil's advocate like me, who would have also referenced Aaron Alexis, might have weighed the alternative of law enforcement caution. If Miriam had crashed the barrier with her Infiniti, killing herself and her child, the issue driving the debate would have been of a different caliber. Even if James makes new allies in the ever specialized behavior modification field, we cannot be expected to master and isolate every contingency.

If you are asking if I am reversing my sentiments which echo that of the body politic, of course not. Even as a reactionary I feel that Miriam's death was a disgrace. She was not an enemy, only expended collateral for the sake of protecting sculpture and property, collectively important landmarks, yes, but it points to my philosophical intransigence with public housing. As a tenant, I am expendable, treated as such.

Where I would also diverge from Mulvaney is on the emblematic nature of Carey's pursuit and death. Post-modernists, perhaps Henry James, would utilize a crack in an aesthetically pleasing object, and this is a well worn and time honored literary conceit. I view it somewhat differently: that our competence isn't keeping pace with our paradigms, and that homo sapiens fears species inadequacy as much as it does planetary annihilation, thematically enlarged as a motif beyond expert specialization. We should apply ourselves to the issue. Perhaps there is a Carey back story in my future, but not in the immediate aftermath; it is unfortunate, an epistemological generation to which I could contribute.