sound like a plea to anyone?
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there is so much loss and tragedy in the world. so much death, so much killing, so much war. guns, machetes. death. by slaughter, or by simple old age. cancer, or crippling of the spirit. so much cruelty. denial of freedom of the mind, of choice of the body. state-sponsored subjugation. economic injustices; nepotism unjust imposition of values, self-judged superior. melting - of cultural tolerance (shaky from the start, anyway), of icecaps. so much unfairness. (and that not even a taste) we can weep and drown ourselves in a salty deluge. it's only natural, and no one's to blame. we can pretend nothing's wrong we can slip on those comfortable, rose-tinted glasses, spray some lilac-scented perfume, play that white noise machine. we can cheerily say, "everything's all right." - optimism's just as much of a cowardly shield as some say cynicism is - we can keep on living, concerned with only ourselves, letting the newspapers pile up; not under a mask of happiness, but within a bubble of ignorance, looking inward. we could just not give a rat's ass. or. we could stand up, look at each other, live by gandhi's words. we could cease this unabated erosion of principles. we could rebuild the monuments of Integrity and Truth. we could cultivate a new appreciation for Diversity. we could help those seeking help and leave alone those not. we could stop being complacent with bread and circuses. we should. we could abandon the idealism we form and cling onto in our youth. or we could objectively accept that everything cannot be perfect. there will never be no bad. but, as we grow older, with more experiences and knowledge strengthening our voices, disallow our idealism to be completely shattered by reality and use it as a driving force. we could lash out at others and punish them for being what we think are the reason for the world's faults. or we could could foster ties of genuine community to bring about understanding. we could lament and bemoan government's apparent lack of ethics. or we could realize that the greatest resource at our disposal is human strength, and we can start utilizing it at any time: Big Brother may be watching us. but we can say, we're watching you too. and we're making sure you do your job correctly.

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