Larry McMurtry On The Shootings
‘I don’t believe that language drawn from the hunt is likely to vanish from our political speech. Words such as “target†or “bulls eye†are deeply ingrained. We will be polite for a while but once the slugfest resumes—and politics is a slugfest—the old invective will slip back in.’ That’s Larry McMurtry, author of “Lonesome Dove” and co-writer of the “Brokeback Mountain” screenplay, commenting on the Arizona shootings.
