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Canada, 2002.10.01

This fellow came and dumped his car in front of a hydrant just as I was passing with my camera. So I decided to see what I could come up with. It was this. I hope nothing burns; storing your car for free in the street is a huge unrecognized privilege.

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In the wake of 9/11, we [in America] have made the decision as a society that we can never again create something in which we can take pride, for fear that someone will destroy it. Moreover, we must suppress any trace of individualism, lest someone have the desire to rise above the bland sameness that protects us. I have, alas, no idea how to recapture our courage.

—Anonymous post to boingboing.net, 2009