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Ryu.
I wanted to respond to Mr. Arucard earlier, but I was so busy, I simply did not have the time. Nevertheless, what I need to say is so important, I knew I simply had to allocate a few minutes to write a brief letter on the subject. Let's get down to brass tacks: If you can go more than a minute without hearing Arucard talk about insurrectionism, you're either deaf, dumb, or in a serious case of denial. I don't care a brass farthing about what he thinks of me. I put that observation into this letter just to let you see that only the impartial and unimpassioned mind will even consider that we can never return to the past. And if we are ever to move forward to the future, we have to educate the public on a range of issues and encourage others to do the same. You know what I mean? I, hardheaded cynic that I am, like to face facts. I like to look reality right in the eye and not pretend it's something else. And the reality of our present situation is this: If Arucard's proxies had even an ounce of integrity, they would suggest the kind of politics and policies that are needed to restore good sense to this important debate. Faith is harder to shake than knowledge, love succumbs less to change than respect, hate is more enduring than aversion, and Arucard has been doing "in-depth research" (whatever he thinks that means) to prove that a totalitarian dictatorship is the best form of government we could possibly have. I should mention that I've been doing some research of my own. So far, I've "discovered" that teenagers who want to shock their parents sometimes maintain -- with a straight face -- that the federal government should take more and more of our hard-earned money and more and more of our hard-won rights. Fortunately, most parents don't fall for this fraud because they know that mankind needs to do more to step back and consider the problem of Arucard's stratagems in the larger picture of popular culture imagery. Understand, I am not condemning mankind for not doing enough; I am merely stating that I am sick of our illustrious "leaders" treading on eggshells so as not to upset Arucard. Here's what I have to say to them: Arucard is so tied up in his personal dreams that he is oblivious to what is happening in the world around him. But the problems with Arucard's canards don't end there. Because Mr. Arucard is so caught up in trying to make today's oppressiveness look like grade-school work compared to what he has planned for the future, I'd like to conclude this letter by quoting to him the last line of R. M. Rilke's poem, "Archaic Torso of Apollo": "You must change your life."