A RESPONSE TO TERRORISM

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A RESPONSE

TO TERRORISM

 

BY ALEXANDER FREDERICK

 

1750

 

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To the people of Helena I say this, I know that you will not be moved into fear by the terror that certain revolutionaries attempted to instill today. God has blessed our fair city with a population that is fierce and tough, as well as compassionate and fair. I have seen many things in my long life, but the people of Helena display genuine care for their fellows. I am proud to live amongst you all, as the final act of my life draws to its close.

 

To the revolutionaries I say this, your attempt to spread fear and to kill will be judged harshly by our God, who is as damning as he is just. Your cause is flawed, the history books will not look lightly upon you all. If anything, you harden the resolve of the people of Helena against you.

 

You may destroy our homes, you may destroy our places of representation, you may kill the innocent like the brutes you are, but you will not capitulate us. You will not make us surrender to you. It will never happen.

 

Yet I recognise the need for a fairer world, where the problems of the common men are listened to and acted upon with benevolence. These few individuals do not represent the many poor who live amongst us all in Helena.

 

I continue to hold hope in this old heart of mine for a better world, one where those disadvantaged from birth are listened to, where they have true representation and true justice. Whilst we cannot allow these revolutionaries to become martyrs, we must also learn to change our ways. We must combat poverty and injustice head-on. We must not simply respond to violence with violence. Only then will Oren, and indeed the city of Helena, truly be a place for us all.

 

Ave Oren; Ave Imperium; Ave Helena

Alexander