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author_by_night) wrote2008-10-03 10:10 am
author_by_night) wrote2008-10-03 10:10 am
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Writer's Block: Day of German Unity
[Error: unknown template qotd]Yes, waking up one day to find out you can't see your sister because a government-made wall has been built in the middle of the city is simple. Fearing that you'll be arrested under suspicion of communism is simple. Thinking the world will blow up is simple.
I'm twenty three, so I can't feel any nostalgia anyway, but from what I know, nothing was simple.
I mean, I guess there were ways in which the time period itself was more simple. A can of coke could be bought for five cents, and you didn't get sued for asking a loud customer to leave your store.
You know what, though? If it means a black man can run for president, if it means my friend's dream of being a doctor won't be taken away because of her gender, if it means people in Germany won't be shot for wanting to see loved ones on the other side of the wall, well... I'll take paying extra for a can of coke.
Yes, we have a long way to come. The world is still a mess. But those times were in no way, shape or form more "simple."
Honestly... what happened to Writer's Block questions making sense? Though at least the other ones were generally inoffensive.
I'm twenty three, so I can't feel any nostalgia anyway, but from what I know, nothing was simple.
I mean, I guess there were ways in which the time period itself was more simple. A can of coke could be bought for five cents, and you didn't get sued for asking a loud customer to leave your store.
You know what, though? If it means a black man can run for president, if it means my friend's dream of being a doctor won't be taken away because of her gender, if it means people in Germany won't be shot for wanting to see loved ones on the other side of the wall, well... I'll take paying extra for a can of coke.
Yes, we have a long way to come. The world is still a mess. But those times were in no way, shape or form more "simple."
Honestly... what happened to Writer's Block questions making sense? Though at least the other ones were generally inoffensive.
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Nothing was simple in those days. Having family on the other side of the wall wasn't. Fearing that every second, some lunatic on either side might launch a nuclear weapon wasn't. Being afraid of each and every person around you being a spy reporting back to the government certainly wasn't. I wish people didn't forget so easily. The world isn't and never has been a simply black or white place.
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