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maskormenace2016-01-21 08:51 am
rathercommon) wrote in maskormenace2016-01-21 08:51 am
Entry tags:
- adam parrish | n/a,
- jonathan crane | scarecrow,
- marceline abadeer | the vampire queen,
- ronan lynch | greywaren,
- † akito/agito wanijima | fang king,
- † blue sargent | n/a,
- † d'artagnan | n/a,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † glitch | n/a,
- † hartley rathaway | the pied piper,
- † james jesse | the trickster,
- † jyushimatsu matsuno | n/a,
- † kitty jones | n/a,
- † max masters | the mighty one,
- † reggie mantle | n/a,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † sai | n/a,
- † saint walker | n/a,
- † sasha blouse | n/a,
- † satya wallace | n/a,
- † will graham | wolf trap
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[ Kitty's voice is a little strained. ]
Right, so...Hullo, Kitty here. And we've already had a bit of input on glorious-war and glorious-war-but-do-be-careful-about-it-because-the-Russians-are-a-bit-scary, and at this point everyone's probably like shut it won't you. But for anyone who's still out there and still listening, just...
This is hard for us. We've lost our friends. That's scary. But remember that no real harm has been done yet. They've been kidnapped, but no one's been killed. The situation right now is not that bad. But it has the potential to get so much worse if we let loose our anger. Remember, the weapons in the Russians' possession - and in the Americans' - can scorch the earth. Kill everyone. Everyone. It won't just be us who go if we escalate this war: it'll also be the little kids in the school down the street from you, and the girl who always remembers your order at the malt shop, and the bloody...puppies in the animal shelter.
So those of you who are thinking that it's time to go burn down Russian cities, or join up with the army as they march to destroy our enemies - close your eyes and think of the entire baskets of puppies and kittens that'll get scorched into nothing but atoms when this war gets stepped up and the bombing starts. Okay? So instead, maybe let's give thought to negotiation. Forgiveness. Stepping down the violence. Some of the kidnapped have gotten word out - I bet you anything they'll agree.
Right, so...Hullo, Kitty here. And we've already had a bit of input on glorious-war and glorious-war-but-do-be-careful-about-it-because-the-Russians-are-a-bit-scary, and at this point everyone's probably like shut it won't you. But for anyone who's still out there and still listening, just...
This is hard for us. We've lost our friends. That's scary. But remember that no real harm has been done yet. They've been kidnapped, but no one's been killed. The situation right now is not that bad. But it has the potential to get so much worse if we let loose our anger. Remember, the weapons in the Russians' possession - and in the Americans' - can scorch the earth. Kill everyone. Everyone. It won't just be us who go if we escalate this war: it'll also be the little kids in the school down the street from you, and the girl who always remembers your order at the malt shop, and the bloody...puppies in the animal shelter.
So those of you who are thinking that it's time to go burn down Russian cities, or join up with the army as they march to destroy our enemies - close your eyes and think of the entire baskets of puppies and kittens that'll get scorched into nothing but atoms when this war gets stepped up and the bombing starts. Okay? So instead, maybe let's give thought to negotiation. Forgiveness. Stepping down the violence. Some of the kidnapped have gotten word out - I bet you anything they'll agree.
no subject
[ Her righteousness is temporarily fractured by a ripple of horror. And she mutters to herself - ]
Blimey, no wonder you're so angry...
[ Then, louder, and more firmly than she's said anything so far: ]
I am not saying that any of this is remotely their fault. Or our fault. I am not blaming them, or us. The only blame belongs to those who decided that it would be remotely all right to kidnap noncombatants, civilians, people who have nothing to do with all of this horror, and treat them like objects. The blame belongs to the Russians.
That's why I've called bowing and scraping an ugly thing. Appeasement is ugly here purely because it oughtn't have to come from us. Because we'll be throwing away what we ought to have the right to do - fight for our people - simply because they hold brutal power over us. That's ugly. But it's also something I'm saying we've got to do - that we've got to do this ugly thing to see the world through this intact. We've got to do things we hate to make up for the nastiness and stupidity of all of the arseholes in the American government and in the Russian one.
Excuse my language.
no subject
That may be what you feel you have to do. Doesn't mean everyone else has to follow suit. If you're so certain of this, won't matter if anyone else joins you. [His hand drops, head shaking. Minor obscene language is easily excused. Everything else, not so much.] We're done here.
[And, abruptly, he turns off the feed. He's got nightmare birds to look after.]