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I ran across the phrase recently… “Killers, rapists, slavers; they leave behind victims, innocents.”
It had never really occurred to me how much I equate victim with innocent, before.
But I do.
I take faaaaar less issue with the word victim, than survivor. Off the cuff? Victim is temporary, but survivor is forever. Sure, I WAS a victim… of many things… but a I’m not, now. But survivor? That lasts until you’re dead. That’s got legs. And it’s pretty damn meaningless in my book. Ooooooh I’m an appendix survivor. Oooooooh I’m a whatever the f*ck could’ve kllled me but didn’t, survivor. It’s not like it’s a short list. Snort. And most of those? Are f*cking normal life, bullshit. I’m a rope swing ver a river survivor whoop-da-dee. DGAF self important nonsense to take LIVING, and being as lucky as to live in a land with surgeons and sturdy ropes, as something to be distressed about, rather than grateful for.
But I still take issue with it. I simply cover it under not as much issue as I take with other words.
This phrase? (Victims, innocents.) Knocked over a pin.
Oh.
Oh that’s, WHY.
I equate victims with innocents.
Which I’m not. In any sense of the word.
And? Which is almooooost as needing of protection as a child. Not because naïveté, nor stupidity, nor unequal to the tasks of adulthood. But because they aren’t in the “game”. Like targeting civilians instead of military targets. They’ve done no wrong. They don’t rate this kind of fallout in their lives. (Nor, if they’re special, will it slow them down rather than rise them up.). Innocents? Are special. If common. They’re the people, good people, who rate saving. Not that idiots don’t. Not that the naïve don’t. The opposite. They do. Everyone understands the risk of driving a car. Everyone rates being pulled out of wreckage. Because people. Whether victim or not. Save a life when you can. If they’re an evil f*ck? They rate dying for what they’ve done, not for nonsense. Shrug.
IDFK. It’s blowing my mind, just a little bit.
Victims. Innocence.
I’m not an innocent. Therefore. I’m not a victim. I was not a victim.
Thoughts?
It had never really occurred to me how much I equate victim with innocent, before.
But I do.
I take faaaaar less issue with the word victim, than survivor. Off the cuff? Victim is temporary, but survivor is forever. Sure, I WAS a victim… of many things… but a I’m not, now. But survivor? That lasts until you’re dead. That’s got legs. And it’s pretty damn meaningless in my book. Ooooooh I’m an appendix survivor. Oooooooh I’m a whatever the f*ck could’ve kllled me but didn’t, survivor. It’s not like it’s a short list. Snort. And most of those? Are f*cking normal life, bullshit. I’m a rope swing ver a river survivor whoop-da-dee. DGAF self important nonsense to take LIVING, and being as lucky as to live in a land with surgeons and sturdy ropes, as something to be distressed about, rather than grateful for.
But I still take issue with it. I simply cover it under not as much issue as I take with other words.
This phrase? (Victims, innocents.) Knocked over a pin.
Oh.
Oh that’s, WHY.
I equate victims with innocents.
Which I’m not. In any sense of the word.
And? Which is almooooost as needing of protection as a child. Not because naïveté, nor stupidity, nor unequal to the tasks of adulthood. But because they aren’t in the “game”. Like targeting civilians instead of military targets. They’ve done no wrong. They don’t rate this kind of fallout in their lives. (Nor, if they’re special, will it slow them down rather than rise them up.). Innocents? Are special. If common. They’re the people, good people, who rate saving. Not that idiots don’t. Not that the naïve don’t. The opposite. They do. Everyone understands the risk of driving a car. Everyone rates being pulled out of wreckage. Because people. Whether victim or not. Save a life when you can. If they’re an evil f*ck? They rate dying for what they’ve done, not for nonsense. Shrug.
IDFK. It’s blowing my mind, just a little bit.
Victims. Innocence.
I’m not an innocent. Therefore. I’m not a victim. I was not a victim.
Thoughts?
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