To the Editor:

I don’t understand how we are supposed to be human in modern life. We want social change but apart from Facebook fighting and walking around in the streets I don’t see any real progress as to what we are really seeking from that? I’m not entirely sure, world peace? How does that happen without changing power figures? That requires war, more war, lots of war. Then war creates more factions which creates more enemies. 

More social equality? That sounds more promising, seems to be some progress being made too, although it’s hard to tell when it seems more like a shift in scapegoats than actual equality sometimes. I did nothing to hurt the white rhinos, I don’t want their horns for a thing, let them run free and be unharmed.

But I also did nothing to stop them being killed, How could I? You didn’t do anything either, but you post the meme every 10 minutes to make someone feel ashamed for you. 

I try to recycle and limit plastic, but I have to get to work because big companies need my money to pay for there last chemical spill and I need power at my house. I want to fight’em, but I’m not rich and being covered in tattoos and being an alcoholic to hide my anxiety isn’t helping my chances in Washington. 

I want black kids to quit getting shot by power-crazed cops, but white kids keep getting shot at school for making fun of the quiet kid, so now everybody only wants those cops to have guns. And I want to say more of this but I’m just a guy on a phone like everyone else, seeing clearly past the simplicities of the points I’m making and seeing the faults even in my own perspective, but I don’t want to fight but mainly I don’t want to win the argument, I want to tie in the debate. Winning should never be the point. Unless it is just war you want disguised in a peace sign.

Robbie Crisp

Sylva