Because no one listens. They set themselves as deliberate fucking obstacles. They let tradition rule them as much as their own greed. I'm sorry, didn't you fight in a war against people who wield arbitrary power as a weapon?
That was different. There are only so many of us. We were already organized. We know how to read. We could have governed ourselves. And they came to kill us. We were not hunting down old women whose politics we did not like.
That's a weak argument. She was an old woman. She was also much more. And she stood for much more. That was the entire point of it. One old woman would not have made a difference to anyone save her family, and those that knew her. It's pathetic. Her life would mean nothing, and that's--
[Shit, is what it is, and anger is seeping back in to Nikos just articulating it. He cuts himself off.]
But a woman who is a symbol, people fucking care. They pay attention. Why? Because she's been given some arbitrary power. Fine. If she can use that, to her advantage, so can I.
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Date: 2019-11-13 04:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-15 02:19 am (UTC)Because no one listens. They set themselves as deliberate fucking obstacles. They let tradition rule them as much as their own greed. I'm sorry, didn't you fight in a war against people who wield arbitrary power as a weapon?
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Date: 2019-11-18 02:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-21 01:05 am (UTC)[Shit, is what it is, and anger is seeping back in to Nikos just articulating it. He cuts himself off.]
But a woman who is a symbol, people fucking care. They pay attention. Why? Because she's been given some arbitrary power. Fine. If she can use that, to her advantage, so can I.