From Writing

“A man rose one day from a large rock he was sitting upon to look down at the ground under his feet. He spat in the grass to his side, then picked up a different, small rock close to where he was sitting, and brought it close to his face. He imagined something inside of the rock in his hand as he stared at it, which caused human emotion to suddenly stretch across his face. The rock rose in his hands as he stretched his arms into the air above his head, then he began to throw the rock downward with great force upon the larger one. When the rocks collided, debris from the collision scattered across the ground all around. The noise from the impact quickly subsided.
“Shards of smaller rock sat freshly partitioned into slivers. The man took one of the larger slivers into his hand and uttered something under his breath, followed by amazement according his countenance. He squeezed the rock with enough force to then find a fresh cut dripping blood from his palm, as the rock had become sharp at the spot where chips of itself broke off. His knees bent so his hands could reach the ground. His hands grasped some dry dirt, which then dressed his wound. His mouth spoke again with reaction, but not to anyone and not of anything in particular. He continued to work the shape of the rock to better match the image of the finished product of it he had in his head.”

On January 17, 2017, Barrack Obama granted 209 commutations. That is he shortened the sentences of 209 alleged criminals. Particularly Chelsea Manning is included in this list, though probably not many people will recognize the name. It was speculated that Barrack Obama was going to pardon Edward Snowden, and surely if I had brought up his name instead, then many more people would recognize it. For the purpose of what I’m going to say, both names are of equal importance. Their relation is to that of whistle-blowing, or public dissemination of information otherwise held private (particularly by the government), wherein the information gives evidence of corruption, illegality, unethical behavior, unwarranted surveillance, or an innumerable amount of wrong-doings.

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