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There are times I realize how much of an influence Terry Pratchett has had on my life.

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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 what's allowed, what's legal, and what's right. And that fairly often those three don't line up. Or it was about gender politics. About the first person in a society willing to step up and say "You've called me by this name, and this pronoun, all my life. But that isn't me. This is me. No, we don't even have that pronoun yet, but this is still me." Or it was about racism. That constant social whine of "well, everybody knows what they're like." The blame game that's based on the whispered mutterings that never have a source, and always boil down to "I'm terrified because they are different. I'm 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 I've said and done..." It was about giving voices to the voiceless, and hearing how much they ve 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. Source trisscar368

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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 wha…
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Today, a blind man asked me to help him cross the first lane of a two-way avenue. I did. Then he thank me and let go my arm. I asked him if he was going to stay in the middle of the two lanes. He said yes. He got a plastic glass from his bag, and stood near the traffic light post. He was going to ask for alms the for a while. I am not sure yet of whether helping him cross the street was enough help or not.

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Hoy, un hombre ciego me pidió ayuda para cruzar la primera parte de una avenida de dos vías. Lo ayudé. Me dio las gracias y soltó mi brazo. Le pregunté si había decidido quedarse en medio de ambas vías de la avenida. Me dijo que sí. Sacó un vaso de plástico de su bolso y se paró al lado del semáforo. Se disponía a pedir limosna durante algunas horas. Y yo no estoy seguro de si ayudarle a cruzar la calle fue suficiente ayuda o no.

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