Like Sheep to the Slaughter by:
Nadia Wells
Since the dawn of civilization, there have been the oppressed and there have been the oppressors. Since the creation of this nation, there has been a tyrant and there have been the exploited. Since the formation of education, they have made it their prerogative to teach young children this fact. To incite the youth to critically think about the fight of our forefathers, to have the capabilities to identify our intimidator, our tormentor, to bring change about the people. They spoke with great repetition the mighty words under which our nation was shaped, “And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.� Now, however, the finger has been pointed at the very people that govern us. Those who took an oath to protect, flaunt their brawn through unnecessary means of violence. Those who claim to fight the battle of the maltreated, strip their brothers and sisters of dignity, brutalize those who resist, and cower in the face of revolution. They speak of inalienable rights, freedoms gifted to man upon birth. To express any idea through print, voice, banner, or other media. To think freely. To abolish said government, when it becomes destructive of these rights. In the name of the man you claim you stand so proudly for, give me liberty or give me death.
