twelve [written/action] | Saturday at a less silly time

[imatreenow]

[It isn't easy, having your eyes pried open and forced to look at a truth you never wanted to see. A few days have passed since Martel looked straight at him and explained that what he had done was wrong, and each minute since then as crawled by slowly, weighed down with tension. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong... The word echoes off the walls of

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[Voice]

[derek_bliss]

Discrimination will always exist as long as there's fear; that's just how it is. Some people can rise above it and not fall into the trap, others cannot. And, it can be argued, in some cases, it could be justified, depending on the actions of the group or individual being discriminated against. Certainly, if they're a danger to the group that fears them, then it's within their best survival instincts to encourage distrust and an urge to keep away.

By the same token, as an individual, people should be able to discern the difference between a healthy fear and blind hatred of anything resembling what causes the fear. In the first, you learn to avoid, and possibly also to accept the exceptions to the rule. In the second, you'll simply lash out if you cannot escape, which can cause a lot of unnecessary fear, hurt, new hatred and destruction.

Personally, I take people as they come; the exception to this is a type of monster on my own world, which preys on my species with no regard and with little restraint. It's my job to go after these monsters, and so I do. By the same token, I've met variations of the species here in Luceti from other worlds, who don't have the same...disregard for anything other than their own kind. And so I leave them alone when I meet them.

[written]

[imatreenow]

Rules exist in order to make sense of the world. If there are glaring exceptions, what purpose does the rule serve? If distrust serves to protect against those who are a danger, would it not be foolish to assume that exceptions exist and risk storing trust in an individual?

[...hmm] If variations of one particular species exist here, do you think it possible that variations of others could exist as well? [troubling; he wants things to be simplified, clarified, not complicated.]

[written]

[derek_bliss]

Rules exist, but they also change with time. Otherwise they, and the society they belong to, fall to entropy and death. And part of natural law is that there are exceptions, because that's how the change begins.

Yeah, I do think there are variations of most things. It's up to people to decide if they want to find those variations and trust them, but again, refusal to do so is how people stay stuck in fear and entropy. There's always a risk you'd be wrong, but there's a bigger risk to never finding out.

[written]

[imatreenow]

So change can only exist if exceptions exist. By that logic, if change never occurs that would imply that there are no exceptions in a given population.

Some things are not worth risking at all. I once trusted in humans despite being persecuted by the vast majority of them; I believed there were those who could see beyond differences, and those who didn't could learn to change. I was wrong. Humans cannot be trusted, and nothing has changed since then. I don't need to risk foolishly placing my trust in others, when I know how it will end.

[written]

[derek_bliss]

There will always people who will break your trust. Not all of them will, and those are the people worth looking for.

But it's up to you to decide to keep looking for the people who will treat you well.

Something to think on, though; if you're not willing to trust, and if you're willing to base your reactions and treatment of others on that, then you'll simply give people more reason to not trust you, and therefor to treat you as badly in response. It's a two way street if you want it to end.

Ultimately though, it's your choice.

[written]

[imatreenow]

I have no need for the trust of others. I want only for them to leave me alone entirely.

Even if variations of humans exist, with different attitudes, it is not worth treading close enough to find out. Consider it the survival instincts you mentioned earlier.

[written]

[derek_bliss]

Then that's your choice.

Good luck.