Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for January 09, 2017
January 02, 2017
January 16, 2017
Transcript:
I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending. BBC BLOGS My life under Taliban rule New York Times Class Dismissed: A profile of Malala Pakistan Observer Teen Malala wins National Youth Peace Prize Only 11 students attended class out of 27. I want every girl, every child to be educated. I have the right to education… I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. SCREEEEEEEE Terrorist: WHICH ONE OF YOU IS MALALA? Terrorist: SPEAK UP, OTHERWISE I WILL SHOOT YOU ALL! I have the right to speak up. CNN Teen education activist shot in head The Washington Post Schoolgirl survives Taliban attack Telegraph Vigil for Malala Even if they come to kill me… …I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right. I will get my education, if it is in home, school or any place. QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPIT They cannot stop me. - Malala Yousefzei GET WELL SOON WE LOVE MALALA YOU’RE OUR HERO! MALALA BEST WISHES MALALA XXXX PRAYING FOR YOU. HERO GET WELL MALALA YOU INSPIRE US!
As long as there are people who consider themselves the rulers over others there will always be Malala’s out there who take the plunge. She was fortunate she survived. But the malaise is in the memes and the minds of those who do not fight back and those who are willing to murder for their singular notions. Most will do nothing, it takes a few very brave ones to stand up their tyrannies. Putting their lives on the line for what is right.
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The great difference between those who kill for what they believe in and those who risk their lives for what they believe in.