The Answer to Violence is NonLethal

Through whatever possible process, a socialistic democracy coming into a country must invariably decide on the process by which to ensure their authority, as a government that does not have a basis in the populace will succumb to a new revolution quickly after. The typical response has been over-zealous repression of ideals considered contrary to the state. While stemming from a pure intent, this method soon results in populace resentment of the government, which will unchecked eventually result in a revolt or reverting to a capitalistic ideal. Instead, they must work at length to establish a non-lethal police and military force.

There are already many ways to detain individuals with little to no permanent damage done to them. Stemming from these examples, a military force equipped purely with weapons designed to incapacitate or restrain their targets will achieve a massive public relations victory. One of the easiest ways to cause resentment towards a government regardless of their actions is the death of their own population. Blame will inevitably be placed on the government to some extent. Minimizing these occurrences is key.

This military methodology does not answer the ‘how’ of its full use and application, but in an ideal government it is necessary. If the government adheres fully to all other factors that might be necessary in such an ideal place, a police force that purely protects even the criminals themselves will be hard to resent. In this way, law can be maintained with minimum public disturbance and aggravation, and the elimination of the resentment would allow for public cries for change to be directed at the laws in question instead of the force used to enforce them.

Understand that this would not be the only factor needed to achieving said ideal government, but is simply one of the necessary factors. In order to reach the ideal, we must all think every moment how to improve even the slightest problem within the government at hand

. Even something small could one day could blow out of proportion if left unchecked. This is simply my answer as to how a non-lethal enforcement method is one of those things needing to be changed.

- Justin

How long will we wait?

And there was the day I became conscious. Conscious of my existence, of this pre-decided road on which I had to walk until the fatidic end of my brief appearance on earth. I started to walk, to…grow as some please themselves to say. The changing environment: its wonderful colours fading away. It was merging so perfectly that I barely noticed, as long as I wasn’t looking behind me. Anyway, even though I would have wanted to, I couldn’t walk back. With a slight push in the back, they show me the direction to take and no other must be considered as mine.

Is it mine or theirs? I often asked myself… A questioning that many prefer to ignore as reality, the answer to that interrogation, changes our lives forever. I, who believed that all were the heroes of their own adventure, was horribly mistaken. It’s them, who decide where are going, what we must think, do, create and use. They decide also, the day of our arrival and departure. Are we in all honesty, nothing more than marionettes?

Darkness invaded my soul the day I realized this. While I was attempting to find my own path, to hear my own reasoning within this chaos, the scheme exposed itself being much bigger than I first believed it could be. During each discovery, an expending rage eats the rest of their education, of their doctrine so deeply engraved. How can we see clearly while all stimuli are adulterated, swindled, manipulated by that third party.

I’m losing hopes. What will happen to these other generations, those children of our children? Will they be braver and more serious in their implication than we or are parents are? Will they be so misled that they will be completely obnubilated, such as zombies, machines accepting that the term “life” isn’t for them and is from now on unreachable? If freedom isn’t for us, it’s for them that we should fight!

The strength of my words remains useless, unable to state fairly that rage, this feeling of extreme disdain. While I thought I was isolated, she embraced me and it’s because of her, that I paint those weak sentences of this sheet. Not only am I not alone or poorly accompanied…but we are thousands! Thousands of people screaming to every Elite’s moves, but nothing more. Only words spread, quotes taken away…a popular force thrown to the garbage.

Change isn’t a discussion matter anymore. It’s a reality, a need. A need that is just as important and essential as eating, sleeping or even lodging. It is now fundamental. We can’t allow sitting back passively in front of TV, letting the media manipulate our poor grey matter, whitening.

That the population choose “the less bad”, clearly shows our lack of judgment. We are the population and I am part of that “we” just as you are. I can’t accept this cowardice where we prefer to blame our neighbour for our own misery. The simple “because” isn’t enough. It is time to rise and take what is ours. Together, consequently live by those words that please our revolutionary minds while we condemn the destruction of our future.

Forever become these warriors of the humanity liberation. It is no more the princess of childhood stories who needs rescue but the whole humanity, and its mother earth. Every single minute that passes by, becomes nothing more than the breath’s echo destroyed by our idleness. Hundreds of men, women and children, falling under the weight of canons; thousands of forest hectares, becoming no less than a souvenir…

- Sabbi