This is not altruism. This is my therapy. [...]]]> Why “the Canary”? Because canaries were once kept in cages by miners down their mines, as a natural indicator of toxic gas levels inside the shaft. If the sensitive canary snuffed it, it was time for the humans to climb out or risk the same fate.

This is not altruism. This is my therapy. I figure it’s better to shout quietly in text, on a page which nobody need suffer without choosing to, rather than shout on the busy street, splashing all and sundry with my bile whether they like it or not. Not everyone deserves that, and it’s nicer to err on the side of caution when judging a person’s stupidity in a crowd. Besides, I’d like to keep my job.

Somedays I feel like I’m suffocating on the insidious pollution that we, the human race, have created – environmental, cultural, social, aesthetic, moral and spritual smog all combined. I’ve been told that I’m oversensitive. So, “Canary” it is. Pay attention, cocksuckers.