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		dvt on Dec 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carmen Ortiz Has Blood on Her Hands (2013) > absence of law to constrain the behavior of the Carmen Ortiz's of the world, social pressure is all we have. How about changing the laws? You do realize that we literally pick the law-makers, right? I guess writing blog posts is easier.

Ensorceled on Dec 16, 2021 [–]

I always wonder why people assume writers are

a) not doing anything else to further goal and

b) that writing is absolutely, totally useless even though lots of people read it and they, themselves, felt compelled by the writing to respond

zeusk on Dec 16, 2021 | [–]

I guess they haven't heard the idiom, "The pen is mightier than sword"

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