I'm sorry, Sirius. This must be terribly distressing for you, but I must say that Nigel's right: Sirius Black must not stop writing, whatever the DE's and their puppet Ministry do.
The fact is that they are murdering people every day and enforcing policies that murder indirectly: the blood is on their hands, not yours. If they opportunistically dedicate a handful of their atrocities to you, you must not believe that you have 'caused' those crimes. The sum of their cruelty will not be increased one jot by your efforts: it is much more likely that your words will bring their regime to an end and save untold lives. You must discipline yourself to take this longer view.
How sure are you of this Sally? I don't suppose you considered obliviating her, did you? It's too late now, I expect, to take just her memory of that conversation, but, well, you know very well what concerns me, so I shan't harp on it further.
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Date: 2009-10-24 04:22 pm (UTC)The fact is that they are murdering people every day and enforcing policies that murder indirectly: the blood is on their hands, not yours. If they opportunistically dedicate a handful of their atrocities to you, you must not believe that you have 'caused' those crimes. The sum of their cruelty will not be increased one jot by your efforts: it is much more likely that your words will bring their regime to an end and save untold lives. You must discipline yourself to take this longer view.
How sure are you of this Sally? I don't suppose you considered obliviating her, did you? It's too late now, I expect, to take just her memory of that conversation, but, well, you know very well what concerns me, so I shan't harp on it further.
Take care of yourself, Sirius.