A clear and present danger, yes. That is why it becomes so very, very important that the system has a way to reach all corners of the world. THAT is what I believe can be done, if we might find the way. Technology has paved much of that. If we look upon what science has given us in general...the fact we are able to speak, ourselves, and have this debate despite the fact we are so very far apart speaks volumes.
It is wrong that any will be silenced. Perhaps there will always be those who DO it, but there are also those who would seek to ensure that they are heard, who would take the risk. I would say that men of that sort always do arise. One of my best friends, he holds that men are naturally good, that society and other factors and harsh treatment can make them bad. If that is the case, we are naturally drawn toward each other, no?
I would say that we send people to the agora, to ensure that they are at least heard. A risky proposition and a lofty one, I know, but what is a universal peace and freedom but the work of years and sacrifice? I suspect we can but pave the way, but we can do well in paving it all the same, where we can. In that comes revealing truths that may not be best welcomed, and repairing our own wrongs where we find them.
That they do, for they were as corrupt as any. Slavery in any form is an abhorance, but such ideas as theirs...they can be built upon, improved, as a sort of blueprint for the foundation of what's to come.
But, yes, the libraries. My favorite room in our school's has windows clear to the ceiling, more like a conservatory in part, but used for studying and writing. One can overlook a fountain and a statue of La Marianne herself...a symbol of Old Paris, near a goddess in and of herself now. There are some rooms with that glass as well, though they're mostly used for studying in small groups, or working on projects together. And a few of the classrooms in the law school itself, those that are not lecture halls, of course.
None so fine as our replica Notre Dame Cathedral boasts, of course, but well, who goes there, these days? I've a hard time finding religious men amongst many in Paris, though I haven't been looking very hard.
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Date: 2016-05-14 04:01 am (UTC)It is wrong that any will be silenced. Perhaps there will always be those who DO it, but there are also those who would seek to ensure that they are heard, who would take the risk. I would say that men of that sort always do arise. One of my best friends, he holds that men are naturally good, that society and other factors and harsh treatment can make them bad. If that is the case, we are naturally drawn toward each other, no?
I would say that we send people to the agora, to ensure that they are at least heard. A risky proposition and a lofty one, I know, but what is a universal peace and freedom but the work of years and sacrifice? I suspect we can but pave the way, but we can do well in paving it all the same, where we can. In that comes revealing truths that may not be best welcomed, and repairing our own wrongs where we find them.
That they do, for they were as corrupt as any. Slavery in any form is an abhorance, but such ideas as theirs...they can be built upon, improved, as a sort of blueprint for the foundation of what's to come.
But, yes, the libraries. My favorite room in our school's has windows clear to the ceiling, more like a conservatory in part, but used for studying and writing. One can overlook a fountain and a statue of La Marianne herself...a symbol of Old Paris, near a goddess in and of herself now. There are some rooms with that glass as well, though they're mostly used for studying in small groups, or working on projects together. And a few of the classrooms in the law school itself, those that are not lecture halls, of course.
None so fine as our replica Notre Dame Cathedral boasts, of course, but well, who goes there, these days? I've a hard time finding religious men amongst many in Paris, though I haven't been looking very hard.