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I started out reading a fantasy novel. A simple police procedural in a city far away, that straddles an old slow river.But no, it was about ethics. It was about knowing the difference between whatβs allowed, whatβs legal, and whatβs right. And that fairly often those three donβt line up.
Or it was about gender politics. About the first person in a society willing to step up and say βYouβve called me by this name, and this pronoun, all my life. But that isnβt me. This is me. No, we donβt even have that pronoun yet, but this is still me.β
Or it was about racism. That constant social whine of βwell, everybody knows what theyβre like.β The blame game thatβs based on the whispered mutterings that never have a source, and always boil down to βIβm terrified because they are different. Iβm terrified because when I look at them, for a second there I can see myself in their eyes and if I was wrong, then all Iβve said and done...β
It was about giving voices to the voiceless, and hearing how much theyβve been trying to say this whole time.
It was about what it means to be human.
I always start out reading a fantasy novel when it comes to Pratchett. And somehow it ends up in a moral philosophy lesson from a professor with a grasp of humanity that still leaves me astonished.
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/via https://mstdn.ca/@Chigaze/111739718328946590 @Paul Turnbull :CApride:
There are times I realize how much of an influence Terry Pratchett has had on my life.Source found:
https://www.tumblr.com/trisscar368/170331412799/i-started-out-reading-a-fantasy-novel-a-simple
#TerryPratchett #Ethics #Morality #philosophy
maniacal laughter echoes through the hallways
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