[ she taps her pen against the page, thoughtfully. eventually she writes:
Honestly, there's plenty of bad that mundane power can do in the world to turn one into a tyrant. You don't need to be especially blessed for it.
To paraphrase an author I respect, the trouble begins when one begins treating people as things. It's just the more power you have at your fingertips, the more people you can hurt with it, and the more careful you have to be.
You do not have to be a leader. What mandate you have, I think, is to use it toward the ends of a kinder and more just world, regardless of whoever bestowed it upon you meant. After all, regardless of what world we live in, and what God or gods we serve, that is what all of us owe to one another.
once she's done writing that, she's going to look at the bit on Sashay. ]
Re: The Archive
That's a lot, huh.
[ she taps her pen against the page, thoughtfully. eventually she writes:
Honestly, there's plenty of bad that mundane power can do in the world to turn one into a tyrant. You don't need to be especially blessed for it.
To paraphrase an author I respect, the trouble begins when one begins treating people as things. It's just the more power you have at your fingertips, the more people you can hurt with it, and the more careful you have to be.
You do not have to be a leader. What mandate you have, I think, is to use it toward the ends of a kinder and more just world, regardless of whoever bestowed it upon you meant. After all, regardless of what world we live in, and what God or gods we serve, that is what all of us owe to one another.
once she's done writing that, she's going to look at the bit on Sashay. ]