ArHi FF: An Anatomy of Angst [Complete] Interlude #1 14/Aug - Page 27

Originally posted by: viveka698

First, I like this Payal as she voices out her strong opinions without apprehensions. She doesn't merely follow, wishes for an active say in the establishment of future - long way from the woman who dejectedly wondered if there would be a future.

However, I do not agree with her. They are still under active threat and without well-established defense mechanisms. While survival is still precarious and subsistence the need of the hour, the human desire for free choice could take a backseat. Still too early for ideological discussions / debates - me thinks.

I'd worry about physical security first and self-expression later. When they reach a breathable point where survival can be taken for granted, where there is some semblance of a stable civil society set up - then they can worry about rights, free choices, and equality. And I see this possibility achievable (under current circumstances) with help of military techniques and skills. She seems to ignore that they are still at war - and while she thinks military dictatorship could be ruining, I see it as a protecting and reinforcing force. Eventually, stability and development could (ideally) organically lead to democracy.

Take post-war Iraq for example where swift plans to establish democracy in a badly torn society with hardly any internal security backfired royally.

P.S.: This thread is my daily morning routine now along with hot, soothing cup of green tea. It "wakes me up". I learn new things everyday from everyone in this thread - so, thank you all. :-)

Originally posted by: Raila1014

There is something to be said about establishing law and order by the military but it in my opinion this leads to dictators such as the pinochets, Chavez, etc . . .there needs to be a balance between law and order and what the people want. I am probably in utopia land right now. For some reason, I am with Payal because I really want to see something that has not been tried before. Let's see if the humans can start a pretence of a society with designated roles and responsibility. See in the animal kingdom, there seem to be this society that naturally can coexist and I am not sure where the Warriors are in their society, just this natural order where the male lion defend, the female hunts and mothers, etc . . .in the lion family and similar pattern with role reversals (hyenas are matriarch driven, etc . . .). I want to see this human experiment without resorting to the military . . . .

Originally posted by: Raila1014

I like Payal. I don't think she is going through the motion but rather it feels like she was reborn after her suicide attempt. With all that innocence and the zombie blood, she looks like the one coping the best. Communist utopia kinda sounds scary because to me it feels like they will not have many options to voice their opinion. They will just be contributing to the best interest of the entity. But then, The entity is them so it may not be so bad if they are working so well in keeping themselves alive. I kinda feel sometimes like Arnav and Kushi are the narrators of this story which raise the question as to whether they have all perished and these 2 are the one remaining but not far from death. They are making sure that the future learn from their mistakes and also remember what they did.

Originally posted by: viveka698

Every person is a hero / heroine - there is no choice but to give it their all, to be hard and strong. No one is allowed the freedom to be passive. Each is responsible for their individual as well as collective fate. Everyone is rooting for everyone's success - a healthy co-dependence?

Just equality!

Did I wish for such a collective state? Yes! Do I think it works? Yes - for now, atleast!

And, what about the handful of remaining specialists - Doctors / Scientists / Inventors - who are more capable than others in creating vaccines or advanced weapons, etc. Are they being treated the same as everyone else? If so, doesn't it decrease their collective chance of survival to put these significant' individuals in the front line of battle?

Does equality really work?

And then, what will happen to individualism? <Shudders>

P.S.: This is so interesting as it totally messed up my mind. :-) Didn't you promise two chapters on Monday? Greedy souls, here!

Originally posted by: viveka698

I thought this will be the future of transportation - a flying bicycle' 😉

I'm good with horses too - as long as I can get a 'Shadowfax' look-alike.

"Noro lim, Shadowfax!" 😆 (Couldn't resist)

Originally posted by: Janu75

I was wondering what is the effect of virus on other animals...

All the pets and farm house animals ,...and not to forget the wild ones which we are enclosed in zoos..

With the present crisis situation ,I doubt anyone guards them and might have been on roads... I have gone nuts😆

27. Some like cats

"Her name is Lady Mary Grantham." Khushi says petting the cat she found in an abandoned house, challenge in her eyes.

Arnav snorts. "From that British TV show? Downton Abbey?" Khushi nods.

"Suits her." Arjun says, laughter in his voice. "She judges everyone around her, looks perpetually bored, gives out a flat-meow when she wants something and acts f**king entitled all the time."

Khushi touched the cat's nose with hers. The cat gave her an unimpressed bored look and let out an indifferent-meow.

Arjun and Arnav burst into laughter - a happy sound that was suddenly alien to the new world.