Ugh, I posted that before I wanted, and when I tried to go back in and edit, you had already replied. What I wanted to say though has actually become slightly more relevent to the conversation, remarkably, however:
"Would it be horrible to say I seriously thought aboutmaking an Equalist mask? But then someone on campus could recognise it and claim I was just making a fashon statement, and shouldn't be allowed to wear it.
The Equalists are basically the Avatar world's version of fanatical, terrorist disability rights activists, which is why it annoys me so much when people are like "Amon has a point, equality is good!" Of course he has a point. In the real world, almost everyone willing to do monsterous things does. Hitler had a point about how the rest of the world screwed Germany after WWI. Osama bin Laden had a point about how the US has really done some damage in the Middle East. The solution to society oppressing people with disabilities isn't to go around chopping people's legs off, it's to change how society treats people without legs."
Also, I have no idea how to do paper mache, and I'm allergic to most glues and binders.
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Date: 2012-06-12 01:59 pm (UTC)"Would it be horrible to say I seriously thought aboutmaking an Equalist mask? But then someone on campus could recognise it and claim I was just making a fashon statement, and shouldn't be allowed to wear it.
The Equalists are basically the Avatar world's version of fanatical, terrorist disability rights activists, which is why it annoys me so much when people are like "Amon has a point, equality is good!" Of course he has a point. In the real world, almost everyone willing to do monsterous things does. Hitler had a point about how the rest of the world screwed Germany after WWI. Osama bin Laden had a point about how the US has really done some damage in the Middle East. The solution to society oppressing people with disabilities isn't to go around chopping people's legs off, it's to change how society treats people without legs."
Also, I have no idea how to do paper mache, and I'm allergic to most glues and binders.