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Another man charged related to death of Melissa Price in Moncton
A second person has been charged in connection with the death of Melissa Price in Moncton. Joshua Daniel Martin is accused of being an accessory after the fact of murder and indignity to a human body.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/melissa-price-joshua-martin-charged-9.7136045?cmp=rss

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 16

A quotation from Cicero

You know the insolence of Antonius; you know his friends, you know his whole household. To be slaves to lustful, wanton, debauched, profligate, drunken gamblers, is the extremity of misery combined with the extremity of infamy.

[Nostis insolentiam Antoni, nostis amicos, nostis totam domum. libidinosis, petulantibus, impuris, impudicis, aleatoribus, ebriis servire, ea summa miseria est summo dedecore coniuncta.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 35 (2.14/3.35.1) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. Yonge (1903)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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John Griogair Bell Aug 19, 2025

“The horror!” Brighton continued to lament. “The indignity! The unfairness of life! Why? Why, goddess, why?”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/08/19/the-horror-brighton-continued-to-lament-the-indignity-the-unfairness-of-life-why-why-goddess-why/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 21, 2025

A quotation from Orwell

A thing is funny when — in some way that is not actually offensive or frightening — it upsets the established order. Every joke is a tiny revolution. If you had to define humour in a single phrase, you might define it as dignity sitting on a tin-tack. Whatever destroys dignity, and brings down the mighty from their seats, preferably with a bump, is funny. And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a curate.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-07-28), “Funny, But Not Vulgar,” Leader Magazine

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/11849/

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Essay (1945-07-28), "Funny, But Not Vulgar," Leader Magazine - Orwell, George | WIST Quotations

A thing is funny when -- in some way that is not actually offensive or frightening -- it upsets the established order. Every joke is a tiny revolution. If you had to define humour in a single phrase, you might define it as dignity sitting on a tin-tack. Whatever destroys…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 10, 2025

A quotation from Judith Martin

Etiquette systems of one kind or another govern all social intercourse, formal and informal, which is why faulty ones are able to do so much damage. A system that denies the innate human need for dignity to specific categories of people, typically the poor and the enslaved, fosters incendiary resentment.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 1 (2003)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/74659/

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Nonilex Jan 24, 2025

MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT

“Today, US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement (#ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of #Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as #citizens, without producing a #warrant. One of the detainees is a US #military #veteran who suffered the #indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.

#law #Trump #law #USpolitics #CivilRights #HumanRights
https://www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-ras-j-barakas-statement-on-ice-raid-on-newark-business-establishment

News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT

Official Page of Newark, NJ News: MAYOR RAS J. BARAKA’S STATEMENT ON ICE RAID ON NEWARK BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 19, 2023

#Black, #white and #dead: The #court #battle for #marriageequality resonates beyond those #alive.

Some of us see #dead #people in #attendance to these #proceedings. They represent #oppression and #indignity in different #times, #spaces and #settings of #society

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality https://scroll.in/article/1049340/black-white-and-dead-the-court-battle-for-marriage-equality-resonates-beyond-those-alive

Black, white and dead: The court battle for marriage equality resonates beyond those alive

Some of us see dead people in attendance to these proceedings. They represent oppression and indignity in different times, spaces and settings of society.

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Mz. April Daniels Mar 29, 2023

Nancy #Pelosi being on bird.makeup is why we need #QT in the Fediverse. Nobody should be forced to the #indignity of speaking to a politician's staffer instead of slamming them in the QTs.