Reblog: Hi I’m David The site’s Author & A blogger may have been tortured to death in an Iranian jail

9 Nov

David, aka Mr. Mary, reminds us all of what a privilege it is to be a blogger. Here in the US we can express ourselves freely with the greatest backlash being negative feedback from an internet troll. There are people losing their lives over the words they speak (or type) and we should be grateful we can do that without worry.

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Hi Everyone,

My name is David and I’m the guy who created this site as well as the character of MrMary MF Poppins. I am a very private person, and have never used my first name on this site, but something rather serious has happened that has given me pause for reflection.

Today while working on the site I realized that in a few days this blog will turn one years old. I really love writing here so much so that I have neglected my other blogs.  You the readers have given me the opportunity to be both serious silly and every other emotion in between those extremes. Nowhere else could I blur the lines between sybaritic diction and imagery, openly vocal  philosophical  reflection, satirical recapitulations of the events of the day, and  all around merry-making as evidenced in this picture below where I went full method for…

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3 Responses to “Reblog: Hi I’m David The site’s Author & A blogger may have been tortured to death in an Iranian jail”

  1. aliceatwonderland 11/10/2012 at 8:51 am #

    McMary is awesome. I get most of my news through him.

  2. Janene 11/09/2012 at 1:20 pm #

    You know, we ARE blessed to be able to blog. What happened breaks my heart. I’m so glad you shared this.

    • Jen and Tonic 11/09/2012 at 1:21 pm #

      I can’t imagine being tortured to death simply for speaking my mind. It breaks my heart too. Thanks for stopping by and reading his post!

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