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","description_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>My slow metamorphosis into Walt Whitman continues unabated. </span>","writing":"Oh, friend\n_ _ If you have never heeded me before\n_ _ _ _ I beg you\n_ _ _ _ _ _ Heed me now\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though I must break your heart\nThis world is not built to be perceived\n_ _ It is more complicated and simple than it needs be for your interaction\n_ _ _ _ People will do the worst and best things imaginable for reasons you'll never comprehend\n_ _ _ _ _ _ You want them to be discernible and measurable\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Because they must be\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mustn't they?\nPlease\n_ _ Simplify yourself in these ways\n_ _ _ _ Though you hate to believe you can be simplified in these ways\n_ _ _ _ If a good excuse will allow you to do a bad thing\n_ _ _ _ _ _ So too will a bad excuse\n_ _ _ _ If you can justify it here\n_ _ _ _ _ _ You will justify it there\n_ _ _ _ You are not so complicated that a door\n_ _ _ _ _ _ Once 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_ _ _ _ Make of them pariah\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cast them out\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Isolate them\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Attack them\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hurt them\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Destroy them\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kill them\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong\n_ _ _ _ There are those who indisputably need to be stopped\n_ _ _ _ _ _ For some\n_ _ _ _ _ _ A few\n_ _ _ _ _ _ So very few\n_ _ _ _ _ _ Fewer than you are thinking even at this moment\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ They have designed and crafted their position\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That all methods\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Save death\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are all-but-impotent\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though they still do not deserve death\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Stopping them from inflicting harm is what matters\n_ _ _ _ _ _ But once the evil is stopped\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Through death or otherwise\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no more to do\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no justice in suffering\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no compensation in cruelty\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You want that cruelty\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You crave that suffering\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It does not matter\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Even a little\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How extreme you think this case to be\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To desire suffering\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To desire cruelty\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To believe in retribution\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That it will restore anything\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That it will end\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pick up that cruelty\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That suffering\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discard it\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though you hate to discard it\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It has no place in a just world\n_ _ _ _ This world must\n_ _ _ _ _ _ Eventually\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Be a just world\n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mustn't it?\n_ _ Do not be the reason it is not\n_ _ _ _ Yet","writing_bbcode_parsed":"<span style='word-wrap: break-word;'>Oh, friend<br />_ _ If you have never heeded me before<br />_ _ _ _ I beg you<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Heed me now<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though I must break your heart<br />This world is not built to be perceived<br />_ _ It is more complicated and simple than it needs be for your interaction<br />_ _ _ _ People will do the worst and best things imaginable for reasons you&#039;ll never comprehend<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ You want them to be discernible and measurable<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Because they must be<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mustn&#039;t they?<br />Please<br />_ _ Simplify yourself in these ways<br />_ _ _ _ Though you hate to believe you can be simplified in these ways<br />_ _ _ _ If a good excuse will allow you to do a bad thing<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ So too will a bad excuse<br />_ _ _ _ If you can justify it here<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ You will justify it there<br />_ _ _ _ You are not so complicated that a door<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Once opened<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Will not welcome you as you cross the threshold<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Again and again<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On a whim<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On a tantrum<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On the most righteous crusade the world has ever seen<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On the greatest atrocity humanity has ever suffered<br />_ _ There is great evil in this world<br />_ _ _ _ No evil will ever justify what you want to be justified<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Though you hate to believe it will not be justified<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ They can be stopped with less<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ An unmitigated deconstruction<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A punch to their stupid smug prick face on camera<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A reclassification on Wikipedia<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And they are done<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Many will stoke your animus<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Every chemical in your brain will bid you to act<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You found one<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You must stop them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Make of them pariah<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cast them out<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Isolate them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Attack them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hurt them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Destroy them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kill them<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ And you will be wrong<br />_ _ _ _ There are those who indisputably need to be stopped<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ For some<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ A few<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ So very few<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ Fewer than you are thinking even at this moment<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ They have designed and crafted their position<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That all methods<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Save death<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are all-but-impotent<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though they still do not deserve death<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Stopping them from inflicting harm is what matters<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ But once the evil is stopped<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Through death or otherwise<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no more to do<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no justice in suffering<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ There is no compensation in cruelty<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You want that cruelty<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You crave that suffering<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It does not matter<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Even a little<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How extreme you think this case to be<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To desire suffering<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To desire cruelty<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To believe in retribution<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That it will restore anything<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That it will end<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ You are wrong<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pick up that cruelty<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That suffering<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Discard it<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Though you hate to discard it<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It has no place in a just world<br />_ _ _ _ This world must<br />_ _ _ _ _ _ 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