. Writing to someone in a
penitentiary is what one
would assume to be the
etymology of a Pen Pal.
Well no, because people
confined in the Gaza Strip
are known as Penned in
Palestinians, or Pen Pal’s!
Internment, just as Britain
practiced in Ireland during
The Troubles, for those they
deemed to be Troublemakers.
I just saw an amputee photo
today on The Guardian, a boy
in Khan Yunis without arms, a
hooligan stone throwing Pen Pal.