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October 10, 2003
you're only as loud as the noises you make
every tool is a weapon -
if you hold it right.
--Ani Difranco, my i.q.
However:
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House.
--Audre Lorde, from the essay of the same title.
And also:
My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.
There are some thoughts on the aforementioned essay at Monkeyfist.com, with the epigram "Thanks to Black History Month."
Or thanks to GLBT History Month, depending on when you're reading it, I suppose.
I worry that I'm being too obscure while I work out my issues in public.
I worry that I'm not being nearly as obscure as I'd like to think while I work out my issues in public.
But silence is no protection.
Posted by Aaron at October 10, 2003 11:55 AM
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Anyone who sees through your obscurity will understand anyway.
Posted by: P6 at October 10, 2003 12:18 PM
Speak out. What's to lose?
Posted by: garrity at October 10, 2003 12:27 PM
P6, if you can follow all this, please explain it to me. I mean, when most people are dithering about something, they don't resort to quoting bloody Hamlet to show how indecisive they are. . .
Garrity, at this point, not a blessed thing.
Posted by: Anastasia Beaverhousen at October 10, 2003 06:27 PM
Speak out. You know who'll stand by you.
Posted by: VASpider at October 11, 2003 05:17 AM
To qoute the bard on weapons and tools:
"my uzi weighs a ton"
Posted by: uppity-shinob at October 13, 2003 09:50 AM