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i think it is unjust to deny a child their right to dig a hole motivelessly
when i was 12 i was out there with a shovel for no reason
When I was in elementary school they replaced the playground substrate from sand to bark, but to do that they literally just dumped all of the bark on top of the sand.
For some reason all of us children were livid about this and demanded the sand be brought back, so the kids all sat shoulder to shoulder on their butts and used their legs to kick all of the bark back, progressing through the playground with startling efficiency. There was even a "WHAT DO WE WANT? SAND!" chant going STRONG
3rd grade teacher runs out, near tears, begging us to stop, and this is where she FUCKS UP because she says
"I don't care if you dig a hole to China just stop DOING THAT"
well we stopped doing that, and immediately began construction on The Hole
Within 3 days The Hole was about a foot and a half wide, but The Hole was DEEP. a 5th grader would hop down and disappear entirely. A mob bucket was confiscated from the janitor to deal with the the rising water problem as the hole got deeper. The sheer display of cooperation and dedication we had to The Hole bordered on reverence.
It was the highlight of the day to go to recess and resume construction of The Hole
Eventually I'm pretty sure a second grader fell in and twisted their ankle and then they put a piece of plywood over the top of the hole and covered it with sand and bark. We all forgot about it immediately and I don't remember anyone ever bringing it up again
it's important to mock and belittle military and law enforcement to signal to others that these are not respectable professions, both to dissuade entry and to devalorize the institutions in the public eye
anyway i'm thinking about that fucked up metal slide that cop plinkoed down and how they straight up cordoned it off afterward to stop people from visiting it. it's a hero.
safety, health, liberation for the people of palestine……that is the goal. everything else is just noise.
it is easy to let ourselves fall into despair when reading these latest messages from bisan, from motaz, from saleh….the grief and hopelessness in their words is unfathomable, but it only means that the rest of us have to keep doing everything we can.
i saw someone talk about this on twt as well but once u engage with organizers offline it is clear that the movement is alive and well, that the fight will continue on…..let this grief sit with you and will us all into action, please.
