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I wanted to make sure everyone knows: I'm boycotting all my classes. No matter what.

I don't agree with the mission of this school, and I'm being held here against my will! So I'm officially on strike in protest of your unjust policies!

[It's true, as was pointed out to him: if he's protesting, he should let everyone know about it!

He's still not sure about the hunger strike part of his plan, as he needs to eat a lot. But he boycotted Thanksgiving, so that's a start.]

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How are you here against your will? I was under the impression everyone was given a choice of being here or not.

I'm here against my will because they brought me here and they won't let me leave. So now you know better.

And why won't they let you leave? Technically they can't do that unless they're your legal guardian you know.

Edited 2014-12-02 07:57 (UTC)

[Eren does have a major flaw (or two) in his plan, having been officially removed from his adoptive parents' custody and made a ward of the school.]

I know that! Technically, they are. But I don't want them to be.

And why is that? Is there a better situation out there?

Yeah, I want to go back to live with my family!

And why is the school keeping you from them?

For political reasons.

Such as?

My family believes in protecting humanity from mutants, and the administration doesn't agree with them. But I should be able to stand by my political ideals like anyone else!

So you also believe in protecting humanity against mutants, despite having a mutation?

Yes, I do! I don't want to see humanity destroyed! Even if I'm not one of them.

And how exactly would humanity be destroyed? Also why for that matter. I know I have no interest in that sort of thing, it would only bring about an apocalypse which wouldn't do.

By powerful mutants. They already attack humans. They think they're superior, and they want power over the rest of us.

Those people don't care about that! Some of them even want an apocalypse.

A small percentage of the whole, and make no more than everyone else who fights each other. It's also easy to lump everything into one category, but that's not really how it works. We don't live in a world of humans and mutants really. Every human is divided by their culture and upbringing, every mutant as well. Other than some having outstanding powers, really we're all the same deep down.

As for the powerful mutants, isn't that what this school also tries to deal with?

It's not as easy as that. Humans being divided by culture isn't the same as the division between humans and mutants.

They're a small percentage, but they can do more damage than anyone else. Some of them are as dangerous as nuclear weapons. Only take one of them could wipe out whole cities.

I don't have any reason to believe they're helping. They're training mutants to fight.

How so? I think it's quite the same. If you think about how people relate based on culture and race differences, it's very similar.

So that means all of them, even the non dangerous and peaceful ones need to be wiped out? I could make some comparisons to that sort of thinking... can you guess what they are?

In defence and how to control themselves. You might notice that if you went to class.

It's the powers that make it different. That changes everything. Mutants are genetically different. Some of them even call themselves a new species.

Can you guess how wrong you are? I don't think mutants should be wiped out! I think the dangerous ones should be registered and monitored to protect people. All people.

I don't want to kill innocent people. So any comparison you would make would be as wrong as the ones I've heard here already.

I'm not going to go to class. And I'm not going to learn to use my power! I want it taken away.

I can see where some would call themselves a new species. Personally I like to think I've been blessed with additional skills. It really depends on your point of view. But then my family was very supportive of my gifts. But then, I suppose my family is also the sort to say this sort of thing is a right given to us by our heritage.

That's where it starts, but then it changes, it grows away from the ideals and feeds off the fear of those in control. The moment you mark a person as different, as other, it all goes downhill. It starts off as protection, and then it leads to oppression and bigotry.

I don't doubt you in that, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions after all. Instead a society where all people feel safe and have no reason to be against one another is more desirable.

Bit hard to rewrite genetic code isn't it? So wouldn't it be better to get an education and to learn not to be dangerous?

You don't know how it's going to change and grow. Maybe it'll be for the better. We have to do something. These monsters get away with murder and worse every year! But everyone's so worried about going on some list, and how it's going to lead to imaginary things that haven't happened yet.

This is about making people feel safe.

There might be a medicine that can help. Science can do a lot. And they're learning more every year. Or there might even be a mutation that can get rid of powers, we don't know. I believe we might find a cure.

It's different for me. I can't learn that stuff. And I don't want to!

I don't know, but I have an educated guess. History tends to repeat itself after all. As for people getting away with murder... that's everyone isn't it? Hundreds and thousands of people all over the world get away with murder, mutant or otherwise. Proper justice departments and law enforcement is what curbs that, not arbitrary lists of people because of something they can't control about themselves. And of course everyone's afraid of going on a list, that sort of action has never led to anything good.

I would rather people put their efforts into curing cancer. But I can assure you, the sort of thing you speak of is hardly any time soon. And I would rather that sort of thing wasn't pursued too much.

Why not? Most of these classes are simple basic education. History, literature, math... those are all important things to know. As for not being dangerous... wouldn't you just be a problem like what you want to wipe out? Maybe you should be euthanized?

Your whole point before was that people should make a society where they all feel safe and no one has a reason to be against the other, but like you said, history repeats itself. People will have wars. They'll fight over less than this. So there's going to be a war, and we have to be ready.

What are you talking about? In this country, we're on all kinds of lists. We have social security numbers. Almost everyone's listed. It won't be arbitrary. It will be identifying threats.

You don't know what people can do. Humans are amazing. They don't need to rely on some kind of special power to do great things. And it doesn't have anything to do with cancer research, because scientists don't just research one thing. They study everything. Researching curing mutations could lead to other discoveries, that's how science works. There are people with harmful mutations who want to be cured, but I guess you don't care about them.

I can't trust these people, so I don't trust their classes.

Maybe I should! What's wrong with that!

Which is why people should educate themselves and watch the signs so they dont repeat things.

Those lists and these lists are hardly the same. For one, your social security number doesnt say anything more than you are a citizen with the rights of a citizen. This list they propose is the gateway for taking away rights.

I know humans are amazing, I'm a product of amazing after all. But research takes time and money, splitting the focuse takes away from others. Not to mention using "cure" implies too much.

If thats the case I pitty you, I would never want to die, in fact I would rather be immortal.

That's right, and mutants with unnatural powers are going to use them to suppress people! Since that's what happened throughout history when people had too much power.

There's nothing that science doesn't research! And that's the way it should be, to increase human knowledge of everything. Of course they're going to research mutants. And it is a disorder and it should be cured.

[He's sure that's what his dad would have said!]

No one can live forever. No one should. It's part of life that we die. It's natural and right.

You're confusing physical power with political power.... Those in power are more to fear when power is left unchecked.

Do you understand how research works at all? Research is expensive, things must be prioritized and what is prioritized is usually up to the person funding it. For example I would prefer my companies research projects that are beneficial to me or can at least make back what the cost and plus some.

And yet our lives are short and change takes a long time. I would much rather live longer than natural to guide the world twards prosperity than leave a half finished job someone else will probably botch.

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