Sunset, and not to result the pollution from cars idling in line crossing the park. And why is the adjacent Trial Clerk thank you, caller. Caller, your minute begins now. Caller thank you, everyone. My name is bob and im a member of the richmond and streets for people, many of the organizations in support of keeping the great highway completely closed to cars. Im calling mostly to reiterate what i have already said countless times but most recently at the m. T. A. And the r. P. D. Joint meeting. A number of other people have already said all sorts of things and i know that this issue is really tense and difficult, but im urging you as a resident of the outer richmond and as someone who wants to see this city not bake under three digit, with climate change induced by our transportation priorities to close this to cars, to get ahead of the work that you know that needs to be done because the great Highway Extension is closing. And invest in making the 18 muni line and the 21 line faster.
Highway. Its a necessity for northsouth traffic. The closure is isolating residents, especially seniors, creating pollution, adding hours to work, school, doctors, family, etc. If you need to study it, study it when you open it going forward post pandemic life. It truly should serve us all. Thank you. Thank you, caller. Hello, caller. Your minute begins now. Hello . Yes . Oh, sorry. I live in the outer sunset, and while i Cant Speak for everyone here, my experience is that the streets are still quiet, and any small uptick in traffic is offset by the opportunity we have to establish a space worthy of this city and its residents. I regularly bike along the great highway, and im struck by how many people are there, even more than golden Gate Park. Moreover, the great Highway Extension is slated for closure, and the utility of great highway as a major thoroughfare is ultimately temporary. We have an opportunity to create a great space were proud of, and i would love to see this pilot go fo
janet was referring to, you know, the moral injury, people pay more and more attention to that, and let s note pretend this only exists on the military side of the equation. there s trama and disability in the world as well. to me, you might disagree, but, to me, it s the commonality here is once something happens in your life, whether it s a single event or accumulation of things, but there s some it s not just trauma, but something happens that just rattles you down to the bones. what do you do then? succumb to it or busy trying to recover. ptsd, civilian or military, one of the guys said, you know, life comes with trauma, and trauma necessarily comes from a sense of recovery. that s what we do, and to get back to the idea to be careful here because of the notion of perpetuating the stereotype of the imroaken soldier. that s there are broken soldiers from these wars. does not mean they are forever broken. probably most of them, throughout history, will not be, but that
i want you also to note that at the end of the session 10 or 15 minutes before the end we will be taking questions from the audience. there is a microphone set up in one of the isles and if you are immobile reach her hand and we the mic to you. let me start with myra macpherson. she is an author and a veteran journalist. she has had many years of the washington post writing for the paper s legendary style section. she has interviewed serial killers, celebrities, international leaders like cuba s fidel castro and when she was in and then she interviewed president kennedy. i was four. she wrote for the post on vietnam veterans and led her to write her groundbreaking book groundbreaking book long time passing vietnam and the junta generation one of the first books about the first to examine the insidious problem of ptsd. in 2006 she wrote all governments lie, the life and times of rebel journalist i have stoned and she has also delved into intimate topics and she came to
theedd4m struggle for, to use of the arabic words, karama dignity throughout the region. this isn t going away, and there are many historical events that are going to unfold in the years and decades to come that i think are going to rock these regimes or induce them to come to terms with the demands for dignity, accountability and popular sovereignty. so we re going to have to do another edition of this book, mark. that s the one thing i think we can say for sure. [laughter] mark, my co-editor, thank you very much. all of the staff at the journal of democracy, the national endowment for democracy and our three panelists, thank you all. [applause] [inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. from the 2014 los angeles times festival of books, a panel discussion on feminism. it s a little over an hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conver