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maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
selfequipped) wrote in maskormenace2015-05-26 04:17 pm
Entry tags:
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- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † death the kid | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † glitch | n/a,
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- † matt murdock | daredevil,
- † peter petrelli | n/a,
- † robbie baldwin | speedball,
- † rose lalonde | seer of light,
- † roxy lalonde | rogue of void,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † sai | n/a,
- † teddy altman | hulkling,
- † wally west | kid flash
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[Kate actually knows she shouldn't do this. She knows she shouldn't, but she goes ahead and does it anyway.]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
A year ago, I made a post on here. I talked about a different world, and I talked about a different registration act. In my world, good people who refused to register were assaulted, brought down, and meant to be delivered to a dangerous and terrible prison until they submitted. My friends and I were among the first to refuse to register, and we were lucky enough to be rescued. I never registered, and it turned out that everything associated with the act was ... bad.
For that reason, among others, I've refused to register here. We don't belong in this world, and our hands are being forced on the matter. The government has used us without divulging information openly, and they've even put us into psychological games. Just last April, everyone was asked to play a game. Did you feel like a rat in a cage? And last June, people were asked to play a war game without being told of the very real consequences: that with every shot, we'd feel what it was like to have a real bullet tearing into us. And at the end of the game, you either won or you experienced true death before you woke up.
[Her voice here intensifies in its anger.]
And now ... now, a year later, we're in another game. We're in the reality of that paintball game. See, it was imPort versus imPort, and here we are again. We're having our hands forced because even if we've been helping one another, and helping the citizens of the world, we should be brought in. None of the vigilantes I know kill. We all help, doing what we can, and it's the government who defines our behavior, and who decides that we should adhere to their laws. And why? Is there any reason that we should? We didn't consent to these tattoos. We've been going along with what they've wanted for ages.
So, this is what I'm asking the government to do. You have the list of vigilantes. Why don't you bring us in yourself? Why use other imPorts? You can capture us, right?
Because honestly, that's what I'd like to know. Obviously, you want something for this, so everyone, let's guess! Because it looks like they want a Civil War among us. I guess they really didn't think it through, even with cautionary tales already ready in their midst.
[When she cuts the feed, it switches to text, providing a link to her previous words on the matter. Cautionary tales are even sourced!]
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Either way, causing additional turmoil amongst us when they could just hand out incentives to the registered imPorts would make more sense. I'm still not sure I buy this being a strategy at all.
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They have already tried offering incentive upon incentive for people to register, but that has not swayed everyone. What's more, registered imPorts have even made efforts to aid those who would choose not to do so, offering assistance with finding employment, with funds for food and housing. Such unity within our group undermines the appeal of their system.
But enacting such a policy as this puts power in the hands of the Registered that they did not have before. It unbalances us, as a group, and fosters suspicion and paranoia within our ranks.
All of this can only be beneficial to the military. There will be those who, unsatisfied by bribery, may yet register out of fear of persecution. The military will pay attention to those--someone who can be controlled by fear is a valuable asset. Then there are those who will react to this in anger and outrage, such as yourself and several others in this post alone. It marks you as useless to their purposes, a nuisance to be watched carefully--and disposed of, should you cause them too much trouble.
Most valuable of all, are those who will be willing to bring vigilantes in, either because they hold the law in higher regard than any other considerations, or for their own benefit.
You said yourself that you warned of such a thing a year ago, and laid out the potential consequences, on a network known to be monitored by them. That alone suggests the military is fully aware of what it is they are doing, and indeed are seeking such an outcome. To what end, however, that I would not know.
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Not that I'm missing that they might just want to get rid of us, that's an uncanny and bizarre way to get rid of resources. The majority of imPorts register, and those who do not are not causing problems. Speaking out against the government hasn't led to any uprisings, and I, among many others, worked to bring down the Hornets. I almost died for it.
No, the only way this benefits the government is if they have thorough anti-imPort leanings, which isn't impossible. But given the war, given the recent problems with the Hornets, and the problems we regularly face among our community, it would seem odd to create further conflict to benefit themselves further. It's stupid, considering how they do benefit from us.
I am going to be investigating vigilante behavior myself, of course. Lunatic aside, there may be others who have engaged in that behavior and I just missed the memo. Try as I might, I can't have my hands in every cookie jar.
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Any problems that arise can and will easily be blamed on those who refuse to register.
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