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righttorule's InsaneJournal:
| Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 | |
| 9:10 am | Having finally heard in some detail about the unfortunate conflict with the man known as Voldemort that seems to mar the future of so many here, I must say I'm not surprised it's left so many people disinclined toward hope or optimism. It's a sad thing - not surprising or even particularly new, but sad - that one man and his cowardly followers can derail the course of civilization for decades at a time. This strange man (I might dare even to say maniac) and his nonsensical agenda seem, for all intents and purposes, to have mired Great Britain in a twenty-year struggle to do nothing more than regain an unsatisfactory (albeit peaceful) status quo. I claim no great knowledge of the state of the British Ministry at any time after 1918, but I gather it had made no significant steps toward abolishing the Statute of Secrecy and living in harmony with its magical counterparts the world over, and that, that is the only mission I should say was worth so much toil and strife. Instead, lives were lost and futures ruined because one man couldn't tell the difference between wizards and Muggles. And the magical world as a whole remained fragmented, in hiding, unsaved. So much of history is spent being forced to fight the wrong battles, I suppose, and waiting for the right one. [ You're the resident expert on fighting the wrong battles. In your opinion, what exact deficiency in your mental makeup is responsible for deflecting your attentions onto unworthy causes? |
| Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | |
| 10:18 am | It has always been a source of some anxiety for me that I have never been - and can never be - a member of the proletariat, if you will, for whom my passion has always been to advocate in the face of a ruling class which benefits from the erasure and subjugation of wizarding peoples. While I have certainly been poor, I was born to privilege and have only abandoned it voluntarily, a sacrifice few are lucky enough to make. I have been extremely fortunate in that my work, my political work has always supported me enough that I've kept my head above the waves. So it is with some reservation that I express my much-delayed sympathy for the class of people comprising the world's secretaries. Your occupation is so often a thankless one, and frequently quite infuriating. I had been assured as recently as a few weeks ago that my accent was negligible, but I have been told three times today alone that I am incomprehensible to an average speaker of the English language. [Albus Dumbledore] I really think we ought to make a note to pursue the abolition of the telephone. |
| Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | |
| 8:27 pm | Having received some rather rough, unsolicited advice, which I must suppose was nonetheless sincere, I have decided to get comfortable, as it were, with various strangers expressing their quite puzzling opinions about my opinions (which have apparently become common knowledge in the Anglophone world, for which I am certainly very grateful). So, my name is Gellert Grindelwald, and I must admit that I am a little confused. As far as I know none of my speeches have yet been translated into this marvelous language, but I cannot imagine that anything I hope, of course, to have the pleasure to meet you all. |
| Friday, December 23rd, 2011 | |
| 11:04 am | |