Raz
Bluelighter
MANifesto - 20/05/2008
I WILL NOT BE THE MAN I HAVE FEARED. NOR WILL I DENY THAT LAKE OF VIOLENCE WHICH EXISTS THERE, DEEP IN THE DARK. I WILL LEARN FROM THE THINGS THAT LIVE IN ITS WATERS; THEIR PHOSPHORESCENT RAGE MAY YET SHOW ME THE WAY IN LIGHTLESS CAVERNS. THEIR ANSWERS MAY YET BE MY OWN.
I WILL NOT BE THE MAN I DESPISE. I WILL NOT HIDE BEHIND PASSIVE AGGRESSION ANY MORE THAN I WILL RELY ON AGGRESSION MORE ACTIVE. I WILL NEVER BECOME INTIMATE WITH FLIGHT, NOR WILL I LEARN THE BEST PLACE A KNIFE FITS BETWEEN TWO SHOULDER BLADES. I WILL HOWEVER ACCEPT THAT THIS MAN IS BORNE OF INTELLECT AND NOT BLOOD, AND THAT HIS BRAIN AT TIMES AVOIDS THE CONFLICTS WHICH HIS FISTS CANNOT MEET. FROM HIS EXAMPLE I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO CHOOSE ONLY THE BATTLES WHICH ARE WORTH FIGHTING, THOUGH I ACCEPT THAT I MAY NOT ALWAYS WIN.
I WILL NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT COMPASSION AND MASCULINITY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. I WILL BE A COMPASSIONATE MAN.
THESE ARE THE VALUES WHICH DEFINE ME, WHICH LEND DIGNITY TO MY LIFE AND PRIDE TO MY HEART.
THIS IS MY MANIFESTO.
I WILL NOT BE THE MAN I HAVE FEARED. NOR WILL I DENY THAT LAKE OF VIOLENCE WHICH EXISTS THERE, DEEP IN THE DARK. I WILL LEARN FROM THE THINGS THAT LIVE IN ITS WATERS; THEIR PHOSPHORESCENT RAGE MAY YET SHOW ME THE WAY IN LIGHTLESS CAVERNS. THEIR ANSWERS MAY YET BE MY OWN.
I WILL NOT BE THE MAN I DESPISE. I WILL NOT HIDE BEHIND PASSIVE AGGRESSION ANY MORE THAN I WILL RELY ON AGGRESSION MORE ACTIVE. I WILL NEVER BECOME INTIMATE WITH FLIGHT, NOR WILL I LEARN THE BEST PLACE A KNIFE FITS BETWEEN TWO SHOULDER BLADES. I WILL HOWEVER ACCEPT THAT THIS MAN IS BORNE OF INTELLECT AND NOT BLOOD, AND THAT HIS BRAIN AT TIMES AVOIDS THE CONFLICTS WHICH HIS FISTS CANNOT MEET. FROM HIS EXAMPLE I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO CHOOSE ONLY THE BATTLES WHICH ARE WORTH FIGHTING, THOUGH I ACCEPT THAT I MAY NOT ALWAYS WIN.
I WILL NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT COMPASSION AND MASCULINITY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. I WILL BE A COMPASSIONATE MAN.
THESE ARE THE VALUES WHICH DEFINE ME, WHICH LEND DIGNITY TO MY LIFE AND PRIDE TO MY HEART.
THIS IS MY MANIFESTO.
