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[deliberately]

I'm pretty used to school uniforms, so I'll wear mine, but I'm wondering. How come a bunch of teenage bullies get to tell us what to do? Like, I know our parents aren't here but aren't there adults reading these things who are a little concerned about this Discipline Committee?

The truth is, they beat up students, sometimes for no reason at all. They don't have to follow their own rules if they don't want to, and from what I can tell a lot of them don't even go to class regularly. Also, they wear armbands. I don't see why this club gets to make major school decisions that can even override the teacher's.

It just bothers me a little. That's not what clubs are about.

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[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Asuka's on the committee, right? Seriously, I'm coming over and teaching you how to defend yourself.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

So far the people I've seen with armbands are: Asuka Langley Sohryuu, Chrome Dokuro, Roxas and Azula. I think that Hibari guy has something to do with it, too.

Seriously Charlie, you can come teach me self-defense if you want, but I'm not going to fight them, or not with my fists.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

That's great. He's the fucker who broke my hand the first time.

Don't tell me that if they're beating you up, you're just going to turn the other cheek and take it.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

Otherwise I'm just as bad as they are, Charlie! People have to see they can be stood up to.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

You can't stand up to anyone if you're laid up in the hospital.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

I think you're taking "stand up" too literally. Besides, they're not going to put me in hospital, and even if they do it'll just prove my point.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

For the love of god. This must be what it's like talking to me.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

Probably. Except I'm not going to hurt anyone.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Yeah. I'm interested in seeing how long that keeps up.

[ Filter: Charlie ]

[deliberately]

I've been reading some stuff. I don't think you need violence to make change.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[notwalking]

Grapes it is.

[ryuume.livejournal.com]

In my school... there was sort of the same thing. Except the Disciplinary Committee was known as the Enforcement Group. Every year, all the school clubs would fight for to become the next Enforcement Group - but it doesn't even seem that we can do that.

[deliberately]

I wouldn't fight even if we could. I don't think violence should have anything to do with it, that's just brute force. So did your Enforcement Group do anything other than bully students for minor rule infractions?

[ryuume.livejournal.com]

Sometimes...

It got very political after a while. They started bullying small branches of our family. We stopped them, but it was discouraging... and difficult.

Ah... what do you plan on doing?

[deliberately]

That depends how hard they hit me, I guess. Try and stop them picking on the younger kids, talk to some of the teachers, maybe petition to let some saner people be in charge. It's not the uniform, it's the committee.

Discouraging and difficult maybe, but you still did it!

[ryuume.livejournal.com]

Well, if we didn't, no one would. So we couldn't fail.

Ah! Usually, where I come from, whoever's stronger wins. I've never tried a petition or anything... They're picking on the younger children? That's terrible. It's one thing to have authority over people who can take care of themselves, but no one should bully children.

[deliberately]

I'm probably not very strong by the standards held around here, but that doesn't mean I'm not smart or capable of thinking for myself. This is how democratic procedure comes about, because people get sick of bullies and tyrants being in charge. I'm not really that interested in political theory, I just hate all this conformist stuff. Even the punishments don't bother me, I got caned a couple of times back in the day. But if no-one stands up to them, the things they enforce will be crazier and crazier!

[ryuume.livejournal.com]

No, I agree! I don't mind the uniforms, I had to do that when I was in Todou... but it seems that other things are happening with it. If you want to resolve this peacefully, I want to do all I can to help!

Ah! I've seen you around but I don't think I've introduced myself. I'm Natsume Aya.

[deliberately]

Any help's appreciated, though I wouldn't want you getting hurt.

I'm Neil Perry, it's nice to meet you, as much as someone can meet anyone like this.

[ryuume.livejournal.com]

Heehee, don't worry about me getting hurt! But I'll do all I can!

[victoryflare]

The officials who granted us this authority didn't seem to share your concerns.

[deliberately]

Did you threaten them, too?

[victoryflare]

Are you really asking such a question? Maybe you're looking to follow your friend Charlie Dalton- challenging authority and spending your youth behind bars for it.

[deliberately]

Jeez, don't compare me to Charlie, he's at the opposite end of the spectrum, he'd probably rather we didn't have a school. I don't challenge all authority, I mean, I'm a pretty good student. Just the people who abuse it.

[victoryflare]

Your concern for your classmates is admirable, but you are hardly in the place to judge why or why not we were selected.

[deliberately]

You probably just selected yourselves, you're not exactly valedictorian material.

[victoryflare]

Your post brings up some interesting points, but I don't see the issue with armbands. They identify a group.

[deliberately]

Go study World History. Pick a book on the 1940s. Read the chapter about World War II.

[victoryflare]

Don't assume your world is superior to ours.

[deliberately]

It's this world, it's not just mine.

[victoryflare]

You cling to these social stigmas. What benefit do they bring you, besides rash judgments on authority figures.

[deliberately]

You're not my authority figure.

[victoryflare]

I am now.

[forliving.livejournal.com]

I don't think armbands are such a stigma in the east, even with the same world history.

[deliberately]

Oh hey yeah, thanks, I didn't really consider that.

[notwalking]

Nah. I can tell you right now that my friends aren't that stupid about it.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[blanketedtruth.livejournal.com]

I don't like any of this, Neil.

[ Filter: Todd ]

[deliberately]

You mean the uniforms, right? This is something we have to stand up for.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[blanketedtruth.livejournal.com]

The committee, too. The idea of

They don't have a right to hurt people.

[ Filter: Todd ]

[deliberately]

That's it exactly! Like we really need this kind of shit in the school. I feel like we should form our own rival committee, but they'd probably just eliminate it. That sounds melodramatic, but from what I'm hearing it's not unlikely.

[ Filter: Neil ]

[blanketedtruth.livejournal.com]

But maybe

I mean

Aren't there people who dislike it too?

[ Filter: Todd ]

[deliberately]

There's that girl up there, and a few people who replied to that post... I don't want to use violence, but it would be nice to have a bit more weight to what we're saying. I want to talk to some of the teachers, too, sometimes I think they're scared of us but they might have something to say.

So you're on board?

[ Filter: Neil ]

[blanketedtruth.livejournal.com]

Of course, Neil.