Few people realize that man has already attained immortality; it's merely been abused, forgotten, and renamed Writing. -Brian Egan

Sunday, January 14, 2007

To Form a Coalition

I've got this idea to revolutionize the world. The kind of idea you get as a child and quickly abandon as you reach maturity. When that very world you wanted to save comes crashing down on your hopes and dreams. Because every kid wants to be a hero, every kid wants to be renowned and celebrated as a "savior" in one way or another. But there's always something or someone standing in the way, saying no. No, you cannot change the world. No, you cannot make a difference.

Well, they're right. You can't. Not alone you can't. But what they conveniently omit is that with the right number of people, anything is possible. Friends, peers, comrades, companions. These people serve to verify the value of an ideal. They also serve to provide a means to the revolution.

I propose that we form a coalition. A group of people united under one ideal. To what end? Does it really matter where we go from here? It's been said that the journey is the worthier part. But if it must be said, we're here to change the world. We're here to decide the right from wrong, the fair from the unfair. To destroy what we don't like and to become victorious in our own particular idiom.

A crew, a name, a flag, a ship. In that order. Then comes the destination.

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